Open Up

There is still so much we are never quite able to tell those close to us about who we are and what we want. We should dare to have the important conversations.

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Produced in collaboration with Action Films

[tranxify]

Am I the only one who really wanted to open up to people but found no one to trust? Or when I actually trusted anyone, it turned out to be bad at the end?

[Datadrug]

It must be nice to be able to open up to someone who cares and listens.

[Misscinnabon]

I applaud all these people for being able to get honest with not only with their close ones but for everyone to see.

[elizabethmackay]

I didn't sign a permission slip to go on a feels trip ;-;

[sjwimmel]

A lot of comments here say that there is also risk involved in honesty, and that's true. But there are also a lot of people who are living with a secret knowing they really should talk about it with a certain person. I think this video can help them gather the courage.

[lozzybozzy]

I feel like i've been too open with people, i kind of want my privacy back.

[stalkr]

I watch this because I am actually empty inside and I have no people to whom I could even open up to in a meaningful way without hurting them.

[ILvePcxD]

I imagine the cameraman shaking so much because he's crying.

[Andrea-vzmp]

'Luke, i'm your father'.

[CetMM]

3:54 "I'll endeavor to stop bullshitting and get on with it."
That, along with the ownership and acceptance in the rest of the video was beautiful. Heartwarming. Well done, School of Life.

[Keepedia]

People are less likely to show their disappointment in learning about the other person's secret when they're sitting in front of a camera. There's a pressure to not be perceived as unreasonable. I can't think of any situation in my life where it would be that simple to open up and write my secrets out.

[jonsnow]

If we all lived in this dimly lit, filmed and edited world, where you don't pay for honesty, It would be wonderful. But we do pay for honesty. We pay with loss of love, loss of respect, loss of friendships, loss of community. That's why we ALL keep secrets. We are not stupid. We are wise and this video could cause much damage, much pain. Some of it irreversible.

[rabbitspliff]

All well and good but it can backfire in the most unexpected ways. If there is even a miniscule, hypothetical chance that the person you're opening up to might take it less than well, you need a back-up plan, or several, from trying to plan ahead what concerns the person could have and talk it out even more, to finding somewhere else to live if the shit hits the fan.

[aybmnn]

-I'm not gay
- did you like it?
-YEAHHH!

[BengisuAyse]

I don't know how I associated my father-less-ness with this video but watching this, I imagined I was in this video with my father there, after all the years I spent without him and I'd tell him I did so much good and accomplished so much but he wasn't there to see any of it. I'd hug him so tight and I know he'd say that thing he always said every time he got the chance to, "you know I love you, right?", until the day he died. I don't even remember how it felt to be held by him, it has been more than 16 years since he's gone.
I don't know why but for the first time in my life, I wish we had once in a lifetime opportunity to connect again with the ones we lost. I would love to do that.
I'm sure he is in the best place he can ever be. But I miss him like crazy.

[KabooM]

This is so beautiful. :')
It's so much easier to say things in a written manner, it takes away most of the fear of messing up what you want to say or being misunderstood. Tone also plays an important factor, writing doesn't need voice tone.

[Mooniscool-wg]

I have a dopamine addiction that I take with my right hand.

[JazzyLeZoo]

what I absolutely loved about this video was that it wasn't designed like some tearjerking buzzfeed video. it felt utterly wholesome and real. thank you

[SuyashJ]

this has to be one of the most beautiful films I've seen on this channel.... bravo .... this is what makes the internet a good place

[RiverDogRun]

Communication is incredibly important in a relationship. I can't think of anything that I haven't told my wife, and I knew she would be my wife when she accepted me for what I am.

I told her that I was going to marry her on our second date. I knew it by the end of our first date.