I know I tend to "hide behind a pillar" and don't readily speak out my thoughts - even when they are kind and loving ones.

我知道我常常“躲在柱子后”，不轻易说出自己的想法——即使是体贴而周到的想法。

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Why do you hide your thoughts away from me?

你为什么对我隐瞒你的想法?。

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Here I shade and hide my thoughts, I myself do not expose them.

这里我荫蔽和隐藏着我的思想，我自己不去暴露它们。

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Like many people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Gillian said she was too embarrassed to talk about her condition with her family and used to try to hide her obsessional thoughts and ritualistic actions from them.

BBC: Gillian waited years to get the correct diagnosis and help