Who are you, really?

[0nMyM1nD]

Today, humanity cannot even joke about having "ninety-nine problems, but blank ain't one." We could have at least as many problems as their are people in the world. However, I believe every one of humanity’s problems we can narrow down to one underlying cause: our insecurities.

If we were to each start allowing a mere one percent more of our true selves to break through whatever facade we put out to the world, we will have done a great service. This would not only be a service to yourself but also to this planet and the rest of humanity.

Our tiny developing minds become enslaved in a prison of their own making. It may begin at an earlier age, but will ultimately be brought on with puberty. Along with the awkwardness of our changing bodies, what makes Middle School a nightmare for nearly everyone, are the fears and anxieties derived form false beliefs we pick up—believing that your worth as a human being is based on your achievements, that people have to like you, if you’re not popular then you’re a loser, and it’s not fair because life is unfair.

After high school, when we leave the nest to venture into the world, those beliefs that held us back from being ourselves dissolve as the universe gives us another chance at living the lives we want to live. This time we are more confident, having social experience and not having to deal with puberty. But sometimes—way more often now with social media— these insecurities return. In fact, they’d never left.

You do the same thing that helped get you through the twelve-year-long masquerade of your past. This time, however, while you juggle multiple masks to get through the day. Even if it’s not a full-faced mask, there may still be a lingering fear or insecurity that holds you back from being your true self.

It’s time to quit with the charade. Nobody is getting any younger with the years moving at the rate they’ve been going. Unless your passion is acting, in which I wish you the very best in your loveless life of never knowing who you truly are, it’s time to live your life. And it all starts with ‘giving zero f***s.’

People are so serious about everything. Especially with their jobs, where they will refuse to help a fellow human out in the smallest way because they struggle with their own insecurities, thinking their managers atop of their high horses are watching. They want other employees—who likely don't care—to believe that they care about store policy. Did we not learn anything from Heath Ledger’s Joker in The Dark Knight?

Don’t take things so seriously. Give yourself permission to act like a fool or an idiot sometimes. Let your goofy-side out. Start expressing who you are to the world. Say to yourself, “Who gives a f***?”

If you’re concerned about what others may think of you, I have something to let you in on… NOBODY is thinking of you! Most people are likely thinking the same as you and don’t have time to worry about what you’re doing.

Also, get over yourself! You’re not that important to anyone besides your family and loved ones. Which reminds me… Never save the self-expression of your innate perfection for those that will accept you no matter what. Take some risks.

If you’re worried about what a potential partner may think of you, Quit it! Just be yourself. If he/she is interested in you, you’ve already won. If you’re not sure, maybe he/she isn’t into you. If that be the case, screw them. If they’re too blind or dumb to see the beauty, you bring to the world, then they don’t deserve you. It’s their loss.

Express what you are and allow people to reject it if that’s what they do. Just make sure they got a glimpse of that beautiful soul of yours first. Embrace the vulnerability of putting yourself completely out there and think of the excitement of not knowing what will happen. Compare it to your mundane life of doing the same things every day.

And let whatever happens, happen.

[MzAsh]

We are definitely an insecure society. If we focused on improving ourselves rather than changing and controlling others, we’d be so much better off. We need to knock it off with the insecurities and have the audacity to be unapologetically ourselves. I work on that every day. Other people don’t have to like me. And I don’t have to care. Good post! Someone who actually thinks. 🖤

[MajesticTwelve]

No one knows who I am, least of all me.
Part of lifes journey is discovering that.

[0nMyM1nD]

It took me 30 years to get any sorta idea and I’m still Learning

[NYCstreetPhotog]

I'd take what you have to say a lot more seriously if you weren't saying it from the facade of an Anonymous picture. You carry on about allowing the world see your true self, but your avatar obscures your true face. I don't know, maybe you've done this in an ironical way. I do agree with your words, but no one has ever been praised for their words of truth from behind a mask.

[MrListenswell]

It probably means that he is not doing it to be recognized, or have people worry about who said it. He would like poeple to read a perspective on life the way he sees it without distracting questions like that going through their heads.

[NYCstreetPhotog]

That may be, but rarely has an anonymous voice sparked change in life. The people need leaders, persons willing to put their name, face, and reputation on the line in order to bring about change. Names and faces give the message more gravitas.

[Hazelstar]

I am still getting to know myself... Sometimes I think I am narcissist or sociopath because I couldn't feel anything

[funkit46]

Wow you could be on to something!

[0nMyM1nD]

Everyone nowadays, particularly in the US, has narcissistic tendencies. It’s a result of stemmed from many counteractive things, one being ourselves becoming so accustomed to our world of instant gratification. Though, the main underlying cause is always of the rise in technology. Social media makes us crave attention—how do you feel a few hours after posting something meaningful to you, in which you have yet to receive a mere ‘Like’? Then, how do you feel after your past couple of posts have received hundreds of ‘Likes’, comments, shares, etc? You ride on your high horse looking down at those with a million friends yet only one Thumbs Up. What I’m about to say is my own belief, so don’t take it as factual. I believe humanity is being manipulated by simple mind control or brainwashing techniques, along with behavior modification techniques of social media to not only become more apathetic and subservient but initially becoming more narcissistic. Then as time goes on, future generations will become sociopathic, leading to an inevitable world consisting of psychopaths. However, all of this can be stopped by mere awareness. Informing others even if they ridicule you, which they will. Get over it. The truth goes through three stages before it becomes universal. First, the idea and you are ridiculed. Second, it’s violently opposed—people were killed for stating the world was not flat. Third, it is finally accepted through means of being self-evident. Schopenhauer said this.

[SpacedCharr]

Are you really not feeling anything, or are you retreating into logic and reason to hide from your emotions?

I often get told I'm "emotionless" because people seem to expect me to want to care deeply about them.

I do. But I find no value in expressing emotion too often, or without adequate reason. But just because I don't express doesn't mean I don't feel.

Also, have you considered it may be depression or another mental health issue?

[funkit46]

There is a difference for feeling empathy for someone who does something stupid and hurts themselves I don't have a lot of empathy 4 stupid but someone who gets cancer or something beyond their control I do feel empathy for

[funkit46]

if a man who has never use a chainsaw in his life goes and buys one and then cuts his foot off a week later I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for that

[SpacedCharr]

@funkit46 I mean, I'd laugh at the dude after we get him to hospital, but then also ask "what did we learn?".

I have empathy for stupidity and inexperience. Especially in older people. I feel like they've either forgotten their own history or haven't had a chance to experience things.

Stupidity is, with exceptions, often the result of a lack of experience or thought. And that's empathy-worthy to me because everyone has the capability to work on those - meaning those who choose not to are trapped by something. Often themselves.

And it sucks to hate yourself.

[Kaneki05]

All i heard was embrace been a dickhead or pedo it's okay cause who gives a shit.

i get what your trying to say but that's all i heard lmao.

[0nMyM1nD]

Lol I don’t know where you got pedo but that’s funny

[sockandshoes]

i am just a glass of orange juice

[MrListenswell]

As it just so happens, you are my favorite drink.

[0nMyM1nD]

I think I missed something. Are you half full or half empty?

[sockandshoes]

half empty

[0nMyM1nD]

You’re not alone. What helps me while living amongst the darkness is knowing there’s a reason for the emptiness. When you discover those reasons, you develop more of a sense of purpose. Purpose brings out the inner light within us, so when you see others always happy n shit, you know in the light, anyone can shine. But they lack that inner light you’ve discovered, which allows you to glow in the dark. Stars can’t shine without darkness.

[MrListenswell]

I definitely could not have said that any better.

[0nMyM1nD]

If There is no beauty without pain Then we should feel pretty damn beautiful

[KaraAyna]

Good mytake

[0nMyM1nD]

Good responses

[KingZee]

Im just a sex addict

[iamagagger]

Sometimes I wonder

[edwilliams580]

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