A Tall Order

"I don't want to be percieved the way I am, I just want to be percieved the way I am." Me too, Matt Theissen, me too.

Do you know what I mean? I'm starting to think that everyone who struggles with social interactions wishes that they could just open up and be normal, politely and effectively dealing with other people. When we do that, we allow our true selves, our true personalities to show, and we are percieved the way we are, deep down in our heart of hearts. But most of us lack the ability to do this, because we want something at home that we are not getting, and so we subtly request it from other people in our actions and reactions, causing conflict. Everyone needs to be put in a place where they are surrounded by people who will not only set limits with them, but also provide unconditional love and encouragement.

That's a tall order.

So most of us, unknowing of our missing piece, our empty space, become someone else, someone partially closed up to the world around them. Someone different from who they really are.