Self-Disclosure Practice

The practice of revealing your inner feelings, thoughts, and experiences to deepen intimacy and connection with others. Self-disclosure plays a crucial role in developing close relationships through reciprocal self-revelation. The more you can be truly yourself and share fully, the deeper and more sustaining your friendships become. In the face of death anxiety, self-disclosure helps create the intimacy needed to overcome isolation.

Source: Described in 'Staring at the Sun' by Irvin D. Yalom. Yalom explains how self-disclosure builds intimacy and helps counter death anxiety through connection.

How to practice

1. 1Take the risk to reveal some intimate material about yourself
2. 2Share your inner feelings and thoughts with trusted others
3. 3Allow yourself to be vulnerable and authentic
4. 4Notice how others respond and reciprocate when appropriate
5. 5Engage in reciprocal self-revelation to deepen relationships
6. 6Remind yourself and others that you, too, experience fear of death
7. 7Use self-disclosure to build the intimate connections that help counter death anxiety

Based on literature