Losing Yourself in Someone Else

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It’s quite odd how we often feel obliged to completely change ourselves when we develop feelings for someone. We find ourselves wanting to change our personalities or make ourselves “better” in the eyes of others, but this only leads to our own harm.

The belief that we have to change ourselves in order to meet someone else’s expectations is absurd and harmful. I’ve seen this process repeat itself countless…