Sometimes the question isn't "Who am I?" but "How much of who I am was built around being acceptable to other people?"

There are many ways to lose contact with your own measure of yourself.

You know intellectually that you're "good enough" but you rarely feel it.

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You adapt easily to different people and environments, then wonder which version is actually you. 

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You know what is expected of you more readily than what you want. 

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Criticism can alter how you see yourself long after the interaction has ended.​​

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