Truth sets men free. Sounds simple. The reality is far from simple and it is, most of the time extremely difficult to accomplish. Here the truth is referring to the deep internal truth, not external “facts”. Such truth often comes with a sense of shame, embarrassment and whatnot. This is what makes the admission of it so difficult to oneself, let alone to someone else. I’d venture to say that this is one of the central themes of psychotherapy – to deal with overcoming difficulties in the awareness and acknowledgement of these truths and later the creation of a self that is emotionally healthier because of such an action.