So before I write this blog post I would like to tell you that you are perfect. No matter how imperfect your life is, you are perfect. You don’t need to change anything about yourself.
Now if you think that being yourself is difficult or impossible and that you need to be a “better version” of yourself, I’ll tell you a story.
Music has always been an integral part of my life. I like listening to all kinds of songs and especially emotionally charged electronic and dance music.
So recently I found a streamer on Twitch.tv accidentally and I loved that she was singing covers of some of the most beautiful songs ever. And I followed her.
The best part of it was I loved the community. I never felt judged and I could be myself.
I still love the community. And even though we don’t share information about our private lives, we are pretty cool and we play games and listen to music together sometimes.
It was here that I realized I need to be myself. I realized this when I decided to face my fear of talking to groups of people.
I am extremely shy and introverted and I have social anxiety. So it was difficult for me but I faced the fear anyway.
But I love being myself. I feel comfortable in my own shoes. And I feel more positive every day.
The key is to “Be yourself”.
The way to be yourself is in feeling comfortable with who you are.
If you are a nice person, and you sometimes become aggressive or too funny or go over the top too much in a certain social situation, you need to be nice.
If you are actually an over-the-top funny person and you sometimes act too nice out of anxiety, then you need to be over the top again.
You see you need to be yourself. It’s good for your mental health.
Another story is when I was not being myself and I was trying to change myself.
In high school, I was too focused on fitting in and I lost touch with my true self.
I remember we had a study abroad college fair where many colleges from outside India had come to our city. I was trying to be an extrovert which I wasn’t.
I couldn’t be an extrovert and so I blamed myself and wanted to change myself.
I later realized that I should’ve been trying to be myself which would later be effortless.
Conclusion
So yeah, it is definitely possible to be social, be yourself and find a community.
Thanks for reading this blog post. Let me know- What do you feel about being yourself?
