But when you realize that, for me, it has hurt me a lot. And because it happened a lot with me, it effected me in a way that I developed this habit of thinking thru everything and over analyzing it, even before actually experiencing it, and that made me really critical of what I expected out of a situation. As I said, in search of balance I ended being too critical of every side of the situation.
So, every time I feel like I want to say something I don't align with, or don't feel comfortable in, considering the other person's reaction as well, it gets a lot out of me. But nonetheless, I can't change someone's perception about me, I can only work on who I truly am and want to be, because that's what I can control at the end of the day.
I know this is long, but very much needed.
If you can relate to this, then I must say please don't stop being who you are as you are working hard on becoming who you want to be so don't let that go to waste, because the reality is that you are gonna suffer a lot in life, if you kept on building yourself on the expectations of others. I'm not saying stop being a genuine/ friendly person, or keeping a genuine behavior with the outside world, but all we need to know before dealing with the outside world is whether your conscience aligns with it. Because that's where the genuineness, or honesty truly comes from.