Lmst

Feeling free being myself.
Trying to get rid of this side of me only made me depressed.

#Nonbinary
#Transfem
#Transfemme
#Sapphic
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#GenderEuphoria
#BeingMyself

What does it mean to "be myself"? I reflect on being crushed by a teacher's remark at a school play, and how I now view the experience.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/life-lessons/2020/11/can-i-be-myself

#improv #acting #BeingMyself

The author, Adrian Segar, at around 12 years old, wearing his school uniform

What does it mean to "be myself"? I reflect on being crushed by a teacher's remark at a school play, and how I now view the experience.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/life-lessons/2020/11/can-i-be-myself

#improv #acting #BeingMyself

I intended to become an eccentric after I retired - wear what I want, do the things I enjoy without guilt. But 60 years of conditioning, especially the last few with a manager who disapproved of things I thought were normal*, keeps me down too often.
Reminders are good.

* She once loudly proclaimed across the office, in a very disapproving voice "I would never sing in public" when reacting to the fact that my choir had a performance that weekend. (Heavy emphasis on I and never.) You'd have thought I was appearing on stage at a strip club.
Note she was a vicar's wife and persumably sang in church every week.

"Thanks to the lingering presence of “weirdly archaic feminine ideals”, ...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/20/too-loud-too-messy-too-much-why-should-women-be-expected-to-shrink-and-shut-up

#BeingMyself

What does it mean to "be myself"? I reflect on being crushed by a teacher's remark at a school play, and how I now view the experience.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/life-lessons/2020/11/can-i-be-myself

#improv #acting #BeingMyself