Every person has a shell. Without this shell, one cannot live. It protects us from the outside, the people, the environment and most importantly, the society we live in. But the shell is special. It covers us outside. It can protect us from anything we want. But the one thing that the shell can’t protect us from is the most dangerous of all of them. The shell can’t protect us from ourselves.
This shell appears when someone lies to themselves. It hides its feelings, torments itself and manages to cover their true form. The reasons for doing so are endless. Nonetheless, the shell begins to grow. Think of it like mould. The more something rots or goes bad, the more the mould grows. It’s the same with the shell. The lies and the secrets build up. As does the shell. But one needs to ask themselves this. How can one break out of their shell? Is it possible?
So my fear is pretty self evidentiary. I am afraid of not being myself. Throughout society we are asked to conform and do what is done everywhere. Yet it is our individual differences that make us worth more. Without our differences we do not bring in the fresh perspectives that make solutions and ideas more dynamic. I am always afraid of conforming to expectations set by others. Again there is a fine difference between adjusting to be not hurtful and adjusting to suit external stimuli. I hope I have enough judgment to distinguish between the two and do the former over the latter.
This shell appears when someone lies to themselves. It hides its feelings, torments itself and manages to cover their true form. The reasons for doing so are endless. Nonetheless, the shell begins to grow. Think of it like mould. The more something rots or goes bad, the more the mould grows. It’s the same with the shell. The lies and the secrets build up. As does the shell. But one needs to ask themselves this. How can one break out of their shell? Is it possible?
So my fear is pretty self evidentiary. I am afraid of not being myself. Throughout society we are asked to conform and do what is done everywhere. Yet it is our individual differences that make us worth more. Without our differences we do not bring in the fresh perspectives that make solutions and ideas more dynamic. I am always afraid of conforming to expectations set by others. Again there is a fine difference between adjusting to be not hurtful and adjusting to suit external stimuli. I hope I have enough judgment to distinguish between the two and do the former over the latter.
I agree when people are in denial or lie to themselves it causes tremendous problems.
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