Lost Behind the Versions

How can you love yourself when you don’t even know which version of you is real?

People say only you can truly understand yourself. But how do you understand something

that changes depending on who’s watching? One version for family. Another for friends.

Another for work. Another for strangers. And when you’re finally alone, you’re not sure

who’s left. You’ve created so many versions of yourself that the original

feels lost. When someone asks who you are, you describe the roles—

the performances. But that isn’t you. That’s adaptation. The truth is, you’ve learned to

know yourself only through the reactions of others. You define who you are