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Having to read or dress like other kids in order to fit in with other people. The idea that you have to be someone else in order to lower the expectations of others. You have to change so that people don’t see you as the person you are. Sometimes it is easier to be yourself when you are alone, but when you are with others you have to change so they won’t see your true self.

Source: Everything I Never Told You

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