I live in a different country than I grew up in and even back home my biography has not been conventional, and I'm ashamed of the series of traumatic events which have defined my life story thus far.
I'd be happy living the rest of my days as a hermit, but having a child puts me in contact with other parents, and I'm terrified when conversation turns from our children or the weather to opening up and relating about our backgrounds.
I'm aware that my timid anxiety probably often comes across as arrogance and don't want my child to grow up alienated from peers because of my issues. How do I navigate talking about my life with confidence and measured honesty without coming across as some trauma dumping freak?