[QUOTE=Oliviab;7481234s). It may feel more like we are our "true" selves, because we are following our own preferences, but I think even those preferences are often shaped (or at least influenced) by environment, culture, etc. But! I also think if the construct of a true self resonates and is helpful, then why

not"..

For me my preferences before finding who I am were a result of bias and influences.. Its only now in later life I can feel what's right for me, I could never feel it until this point...