11/21/2025
There is probably no specific point in time, where the authentic self leaves and the culturally-accepted version of the self emerges. Rather, there seems to be a slow progression of covering the true self that occurs over time. Somewhere during childhood, or during the teen years, this culturally-created self fully emerges, in search of acceptance.
Let's end this. Let's just BE who we were born as and who we came to BE. Accept yourself for who you are. When we do this for ourselves, we can do this for others.