This activity is designed to allow you to get acquainted with another person and to experience
disclosing yourself to another person. Sharing of personal aspects of one's self is a basis for
self-understanding and the development of friendship and intimacy. You should feel free to become
involved in this activity at a level that is comfortable for you.
It is important that the following rules are observed:
1. You must agree to hold your communications with your partner in strict confidence.
2. Any question you choose to ask, you must also be willing to answer.
3. You may decline to answer any question or set limits that you are most comfortable with.
Questions: (may be asked in any order)
*How important is religion in your life?
*At is your favorite hobby or leisure activity?
*What have been some of the most happiest moments in your life? The happiest?
*What aspects of your life do you find most satisfying? The least?
*Describe ways in which your ethnic, cultural, or family roots have had significant effects on your
development.
*What is one thing you feel ashamed of in your past.
*Have you ever cheated on an exam in school?
*How important is money to you?
*How do you feel about interracial dating and/or marriage?
*How do you feel about couples living together outside of marriage?
*What features of yourself (social and / or physical) do you consider most attractive to the members
of the opposite gender?
*Would you describe yourself as a conservative or liberal?
*Have you ever had major physical health problems?
*How do you feel about divorce?
*Are memberships in clubs or organizations important to you?
*What emotions do you find most difficult to express?
*When was the last time you cried? why?
*What food and drinks do you like the most?
*What is your main complaint about school? Job?
*What are your greatest fears?
*Are women equal, inferior, superior to men?
*Do you believe in an afterlife? Explain.
*Do you like your name?
*What do you feel you need the most help with?
*How do you evaluate your intelligence?
*What do you most often daydream about?
*What are your favorite TV programs?... Movies?...Music?
*How could you improve your present living arrangement?
Carl Crabtree rev. 7/16/2001
Trust and Intimacy
An Exercise in Self-Disclosure
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