You may not make sense to others, and this is something that you’ll need to get used to. What you want, how you think of yourself, how you explain yourself—indeed, the essence of who you are—are all changing. This is happening while others may be expecting you to fit their idea of what is reasonable. It’s easy to fall for this. Being different and going through a process of change that reaches to your roots are vulnerable places to be. Often, others who are intent on conforming and doing things the supposedly right way will try to make others hold the line. The key to doing this successfully will be choosing to not worry about what others think. Get accustomed to doing this now, and then get better at it—you’re going to need this skill in the next few years. It’s not your job to live up to anyone else’s presumptions or expectations. You can go through five years of therapy or you can embrace this simple fact. This remains true no matter how much authority anyone exerts, or tries to claim. Look for any hint of religion or religiosity as the basis of the headtrip. Such rationales are almost always rooted in hypocrisy. Part of what you will learn over the next two years, beginning now, is to never, ever put up with that kind of bullshit.
This article appears in September 2015.
Eric you are always on point but this one fits everything the most. Thank you for this.