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Originally Posted by Freewilled
it's so hard to try to be yourself when you feel like your selves change depending on the circumstances, people you're with, etc.
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Yes, this exactly. I do it without even thinking, it's so ingrained - fall into the pattern that the other person expects. And even though it wears me out and I end up feeling drained and upset I can't seem to not do it...
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'...
At poor peace I sing
To you strangers (though song
Is a burning and crested act,
The fire of birds in
The world's turning wood,
For my sawn, splay sounds,)
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Dylan Thomas, Author's Prologue
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