Do you hide large parts of your life so people don’t judge you?

Sure, moved to a different city when I was like 16 with the sole purpose of being somewhere people didn't know about my weeaboo phase lol

I still pretend I don't watch anime on the reg, just got really in character here

Nope.
People judge. They are entitled to their opinions.
It rarely matters or makes a difference what they think.

More to protect them than the judgement

Not really. But not volunteering everything to everyone is not necessarily “hiding”. We’re all entitled to privacy.