There are questions that have been weighing on my mind. When dealing with people, were you ever forced outside of your personality, who you are? Were you generally accepted for what your personality was as opposed to someone forcing you outside of yourself? Did you allow yourself to be forced out or did you stand up for who you were despite what people thought of you?

I guess what I'm trying to ask is if you ever felt the need to please others if they didn't like who you were? For instance, if you're a person that does not like to talk much and people hated it, did you begin to talk more so that they wouldn't talk negatively about you?

I ask because this is something that I have struggled with before and still struggle with sometimes. I sometimes find it difficult to just be myself when I feel like someone is going to think negatively about me and then spread how they feel to others. Admittedly, it's pretty scary at times. I have gotten a bit better about this issue but I still struggle with it mightily.