What does it mean when you say that someone is a 'private person'?

I would say the majority of them are from the past and, even if they aren’t bad, they don’t want anyone to know. I wouldn’t say there’s a specific reason for someone not sharing secrets. It could be down to embarrassment or perhaps they feel bad about something that happened. Or, they genuinely just don’t want people knowing their business

Do private people hold a lot of secrets in their past? Or at least the majority of them?

There's a reason they're private don't you think?

Based on my personal experience, I'm more of a private person as in I find it hard to open up to people unless I feel really comfortable around them, so people tend to see me as quiet and reserved. I think for me it's become something I'm used to over the years due to bullying, and criticism from people around me, so I sort of became more quiet and shared my feelings less because that way people couldn't say anything about me. I'm trying to break out of that now though, although it's kind of hard.

I know exactly how you feel and it’s horrible trying to break free from that, but I recon if you confined in the ones you trust, it will become more easy to openly speak about how you are feeling. Once you are comfortable doing that, I know it’s easier said than done, you will be more willing to engage in conversations with others and form trusting relationships

Thank you for the advice x

It's true, it does help confining in people, I've managed to do that with my mum and a few friends. At the moment though I find I over think everything I say to the extent that sometimes I either end up not knowing what to talk about, or if I do, I just don't say it, even if its a small joke or something like that, I suppose I have this fear of how the other person will react, even though I know that's unreasonable.