In my experience growing up, I found that attempts to 'fit in' and deny how I really was led to some of the worst choices I made as an adolescent. I think we put way too much emphasis on 'fitting in.' And it doesn't work anyway. People still think we're weird, call us names and, like I said, if we are happy and have a healthy self-image, we get over it.
Also, very important, is finding acceptance in the people who matter.
Your family and friends.
Everything else is bullshit.
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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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