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The chemistry of connection

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Problem With Avoiding Your True Self

We spend so much time cultivating this persona that we didn't really want or choose for the sake of acceptance. Even before social media, you would be sort of modifying your behavior to please your mother or your father. And now with social media, if you have an audience of hundreds or thousands of people who are commenting on you, I could see why the sense of self gets smaller and smaller.

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