Oh Wow! One of THOSE threads! I has no idea it would turn out like this!
OK Once I was in the closet. Then I got to go out and play - some great times, some good times and some plain scary! I am less inclined to go out now... This is NOT a one way street! There is no set direction - do not pass GO until you have had 10 trips the 'the mall'... If we want board game analogies or metaphors, try Snakes and Ladders. That is more like real life as a CD!
For most of us it is just a weird brush with the reality of what we would like to do and what we are comfortable with doing. I love going out but am quite comfortable being 'in the closet'. I would certainly rather be in the closet than not 'in' at all!