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How do you be yourself?

I a wonder about stuff like friendship and like my personality and when i ask my friend about these things she just says:

"Just be yourself."

How do I be myself?

I know sometimes it's hard to be around people who are the same age or close in age and not feel pressure to fit in. You worry about what they will think of you and you most often wonder what you are supposed to like in order to please them. Being yourself is good advice.

Many people struggle with the concept of knowing "who they are" so they can "be themselves".

The only way you can really be yourself is to just "be".

What I mean by this is:
If you want to laugh, then laugh.
If you want to cry, then cry.
If you're excited, be excited.
If you want to like something, then like it.

Don't worry so much about what people think, instead, blatantly not care: you have more important things to do, and everything will fall into place. Some people will like you, some won't. But those that do will never hinder you and will never put you down for liking what you like. These are true friends. If you have true friends, you'll be true to yourself and you'll have a totally unique and wonderful personality.

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