I am very warm and charismatic so many people gravitate towards me. However, I keep EVERYONE at arm's length and have a hard time letting anyone into my world.
I have always been this way.
I have many, many acquaintances but only one friend and she is my gurl. We are very close even though we may go days/weeks without REALLY talking since I moved half-way across the US.
Everyone who has ended up being my friend had to extend themselves many many times before I would open up and allow them in.
I have MAJOR trust issues as I have been hurt very badly by many who were supposed to be my friend. I have a hard time calling/IMing/etc extending my REAL self to people as there is so much sadness in my world. I dont want to burden others and honestly, many of the difficulties in my life are so consuming that I just don't have the wherewithall to extend myself to others. In other words, I dont feel the need to be fake and deny my real thoughts just to entertain others neither do I want to bring them down.
So I just keep to myself for the most part.