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Say that a child can only survive growing up by presenting a good obedient outside,
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I would say that child is brilliant and protecting his inner core.
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By that time, as he becomes an adult, has he not developed the habit of wearing a false persona?
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Well, yes. I remember feeling like an imposter through most of my life until recently. It is because we were so good at protecting ourselves that we sort of forgot who we are--not that we don't exist.
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is he now just fundamentally a liar? and will always be one?
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Nah. I like to think of it like searching does. I want to believe that the "lies" are really an armor we built up for protection and that we will find our true selves.


