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Coming out

To come out, as your true authentic expression in the world, is more challenging than I could imagine.
It feels like, the ideas within my head, of what is expected, are so stiff and creating a whole self that isn't ME.
I posted a picture in my social media. A picture where I'm feeling the shift in me. I know I am shifting, I experience it. And I get the comments of my previous support system of friends and elders. And I feel trapped again there. As if they're perpetuating the past.

It's so hard to let loose, especially of those. I can understand they come from a place of compassion.
But I don't want compassion anymore, I don't want to be supported anymore, I want to be loved and this means, to be heard, and this requires from me, to finally become able to speak.

I want to come out in my fullness, in all of my craziness and authenticity, I've been shrinking, people pleasing and silent for so long.
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SW-User
Bust out lady!

You're gonna lose people. Even good people. But if you want authenticity, it's going to take shedding off the layers you wrapped yourself in to shrink and minimize those beautiful wings.

Because yeah, people don't understand your glory. It frightens them. Especially since you don't seek it to conform.

I may be wrong, but I feel like you're already close/there. I hear it in your words and thoughts. You've already done so much work. An unbelievable amount. You amaze me. Truly.

Personally I know I'm so close/there, but I'm not in the right place. It feels like I have to peel every layer back and face a new life painfully raw. I'm getting there though 🙂 And I have zero doubts in you. Your journey is leading you and you're leading the journey. Synergizing with yourself.
being · 36-40, F
@SW-User thank you so much for this message, I really feel like you're standing by me.
I believe in you too, and is as you say. We're there. We just need to land and settle.
Continue to being brave and breaking out of the self...