Xavier, thank you for putting things so succinctly!
May I add one dimension? Apart from the potential external consequences, there are also internal consequences. Once you decide to step into who you really are, you got to go through with it. There is no crawling back into the comfort zone.
I feel like I’m mostly afraid to be rejected for who I truly am, which is much more painful than to be rejected for the persona I show when I feel insecure. Rejection is such a primal emotion conjuring up a primal fear of abandonment of the group. Something that would have killed us when we still lived in groups. I kind of respect that part of us, that tries to keep me “safe”. She’s so doing her best!
Xavier, thank you for putting things so succinctly!
May I add one dimension? Apart from the potential external consequences, there are also internal consequences. Once you decide to step into who you really are, you got to go through with it. There is no crawling back into the comfort zone.
That's an important dimension to add. Thank you
I feel like I’m mostly afraid to be rejected for who I truly am, which is much more painful than to be rejected for the persona I show when I feel insecure. Rejection is such a primal emotion conjuring up a primal fear of abandonment of the group. Something that would have killed us when we still lived in groups. I kind of respect that part of us, that tries to keep me “safe”. She’s so doing her best!
I see you. And building the capacity to not longer repress our true nature regardless of how the world around us relates to it, is where the work is.
Thank you ❤️☀️🌿