Hiding your true self wastes years and makes you fear starting over. Authentic people attract real friends, the only relationships that matter. Seeking acceptance from people you dislike is foolish when you could meet your own needs instead.
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them, the more you get hooked on that and the more years of your life you waste not being true to yourself. So when you finally do decide, oh my God, I can't do this anymore, it's quite terrifying to realize you probably are going to have to start all over because none of these people are going to want the real you, which is what you've been telling yourself to justify doing it the whole time. If I let people see who I really am, They won't like me. Yes, but the ones who are true to themselves will become your best friends. And those are the people, those are the only people you're really going to enjoy anyway. Let's be honest. We forced ourselves to be accepted by people that we didn't even like. What a dumb idea that was, you know?
But really intelligent of you to find a solution. That allowed you to be able to find— to look after your needs, right? I mean, it's, it's great that you were able to find a solution that allowed you to do that. Was it in detriment to