Being yourself
It's you
Being yourself is pretty hard. At least I think so! I write this blog under a nickname that isn't related to my actual identity so I never ever have to contend with the idea that people that know me in real life could figure out some things about me that I don't want them to know. Those some things are probably pretty big deals to most people.
I'm plural (or I guess to be real I should say "we"). I have a real diagnosis for this, this is not a shirt I measured myself into to feel good about myself (or whatever mean-spirited thing people say about themselves and each other).
I could talk at length about other psychological challenges. Maybe my sexuality. Sexual assault? Why not. Abuse (other than sexual)? That too.
It seems to me that it is important to be able to talk about these things in real life without shame, and to be able to have people know about these things without them seeing you differently. Of course, I live in a society and I'm surrounded by humans. So it is obvious that while this is important, it's not the truth.
May we never live in a society where people can't build another identity for themselves online, so they can express who they are without stigma (and without a danger to their daily meals or the roof over their heads). Because the rest of society isn't at a place where that isn't required, and I'm starting to suspect that it never will be.