You don't really need permission, but for intents and purposes, you have my permission to be yourself

I'll clue you into my personal way of perception. Typically, I embrace individuality. On outside appearance, some seem quiet, some don't. Strike at me in a figurative way and I'll begin to wonder. City speak is we're all jakked. Basically, means, we all have our own struggles. Which adds to people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones lest karma catches up. I've discovered, most people are self absorbed, not in some pathological way, but the focus is more on what's happening overall in their life. More often than not too busy to notice things such as anxiety, phobias, et al.