I was raised to be very polite, and told that children were better seen, but not heard. My stiff upbringing caused me great anxiety that was exacerbated by the fact that I was always sensitive and could read other people like a book, even when I was five.
When you are young you struggle to please your parents and your family and you begin to adopt behaviors that are antithetical to your true nature.
And so it continues, right through school, relationships, jobs and so on.
We wonder why we have such high levels of depression and anxiety in our society! We are not only facing a highly toxic world, but on top of that we struggle to make our own voices heard.
Without being overly dramatic about this, NOW is the time for authenticity. Now is not the time to parrot others, or to give your power away to win another's approval. No one can possibly know what is the best for you. Only you can know that.
If there is disapproval shown you, who cares!
When you are young you struggle to please your parents and your family and you begin to adopt behaviors that are antithetical to your true nature.
And so it continues, right through school, relationships, jobs and so on.
We wonder why we have such high levels of depression and anxiety in our society! We are not only facing a highly toxic world, but on top of that we struggle to make our own voices heard.
Without being overly dramatic about this, NOW is the time for authenticity. Now is not the time to parrot others, or to give your power away to win another's approval. No one can possibly know what is the best for you. Only you can know that.
If there is disapproval shown you, who cares!