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11 Dec 2015, 12:50 am

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I just have a hard time staying in touch with my alter ego because I spend too much time with my family. I just feel like their image of me is being forced upon me. It's very limiting.


I've felt like this. Like, you hear their opinion of you so often that it becomes even more concrete and you kind of just...revert to this version of yourself that your family expects of you.


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11 Dec 2015, 1:42 am

It is a confusing suggestion when you do not know yourself. The pressure to conform has increased due to economic uncertainty and the trend towereds group. The problem is particularly acute for autistics who get punished so often when they are themselves many desperatly try to be "normal" 24/7 and disassociation sets in.


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