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

If I could explain anything to cis people, it would probably look something like this.
I didn’t become someone new.
This is the first thing, really. I didn’t turn into a different person.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/what-i-wish-cis-people-knew-about-trans-people-3376894d8b22?sk=a1bc4822a96877f75f99d948114356ef

#LGBTQ #Transgender #Transitioning #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

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

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

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

When I make myself do things I don’t want to #autisticburnout #autisticmasking #audhd #beingmyself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsXofzbiZQ

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Neurospicy #Neurodivergent #ND