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I really don't understand the question. To me they are one in the same.
I don't blend in with the crowd, never have, and I used to be very self-conscious about it, but have learned to accept it. So I don't really think about how I see myself or how others see me. Too busy just doing stuff.
Now, I do have a desire for people to understand me, not to agree or identify, simply to understand. And I will go to great lengths to try and make this happen. But it makes no difference to me whether they like it or not.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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