It feels good to just be yourself

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It feels good to be yourself, to realise you don't have to live up to what you think society expects of you. I find that after I realised I couldn't be perfect that the stress kind of lessened. I was over worked and felt not good enough comparing myself to others. When I finally stopped being something I'm not everything just seemed to be alright.

stage 1 complete
now find yourself!
once your happy you will find your place?

I don't give a rats-ass about what society expects from me. I spent years of my life trying to conform & I was miserable. I didn't start feeling happy till I quit trying to be what I felt everyone wanted me to be & started being the way I wanted to be. People say I'm immature & stupid & lots of other things but when I was trying to be what others wanted; they kept complaining about me being depressed. I accepted it's impossible for me to conform to society's expectations on how I'm supposed to be so I'm not going to stress myself out worrying about it..

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Amen.

That's why I love going to my Aspie support group- It's the only place in the world where I can truly be myself without worrying about what others think of me.

Well, you're happiest when you're yourself. It'd be nice to find a relationship where you can be yourself.

I also discovered that too myself and I've actually had so many opportunities opened up to me when I did that.

Trying to be perfect is never the right way to go when it comes to relationships, it's most likely going to end pretty badly and that's what happened to me in the past especially being somebody that I weren't.

All good things happen when you know yourself and being yourself.

Yes, that can be possible. As I have already mentioned above.

The chances of that relationship working out is a greater chance compared to not being yourself.

This post seems to have nothing to do with relationships thou least rite now anyways. I'm NOT trying to be or sound critical here but I think another section would be more appropriate. It's no big deal to me but I'm saying for future reference or in-case this gets moved you won't be surprised

Being in a healthy relationship you should be comfortable being yourself, I found this out recently. I gave up trying to bend myself out of shape just to try to fit in. It doesn't work. Anyways, we all have our own opinions on this subject.

It sounds great, but I have been under so much pressure for so many years, work pressure and social pressure, that I am not really sure what "myself" is.

We could ask Alex for a new forum to be added. Perhaps we could call it "Being yourself, insects and arachnids."

^_^ Thanks Zen mistress. I think to find who you are is a continuous process. Just take time to relax sometimes. I mean you're worth it, lol. It sounds kind of corny to say but it's the truth. We are all worth it. I kind of really like yoga, it helps you relax and when you are relaxed then things kind of seem to come easier. You're happier being at ease, not always with your guard up afraid to let people in. I know I've been like that alot, I probably still am.

I agree with you, OP. As hard as it can be sometimes, it's best to just be yourself. You can only keep up a facade for so long before you snap.

I only want to be with people who are totally cool with and accepting of me being myself... hence I am mostly solitary.


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