I got a good analogy for my life the other day. It came third-hand. My housemate had talked to her friend who had received a letter from her daughter that said this. The daughter explained that communication, to her, is like showing up at a buffet. There's so much good food there and you don't know where to start, so sometimes you just don't start. And other times you sample everything because it's all so good, and then you end up feeling horribly overstuffed afterwards.

Yup. Usually I don't say anything because I don't know which of those things in my head I should let out for air. Which means that when I finally do say something, I say it all at once and it's a three hour conversation which I oftentimes regret. Sounds like I need to learn self-control. And trust.