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Wanting to fit in

Discussion in 'LGBT Later in Life' started by brainwashed, Oct 15, 2016.

  1. brainwashed

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    Journal entry for 16 Oct.

    The power of wanting to be like everyone else. It has to be one of the most powerful forces within us.
     
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    Yet we are all unique and individual. Somehow we mostly figure out how to fit in with social norms, but there's more than one of those as well. As I go through this coming out process I'm changing which "everyone else" I want to be like.