The good news if you built your entire personality around one thing is that you probably have other interesting things about you already that you can incorporate into your sense of self. Or you can find new things. You might find that thereβs a bit more you there than you realize.
Did you accidentally build your entire sense of self around being smart and then realize that being smart is a lie? Did your whole world revolve around your family and then you had to cut ties with them? Was your whole world a skill that got cut short by an injury?
Good news! Thereβs other good things about you that other people see in you even when you donβt and you can always develop new traits in yourself if you really want to! The rebirth of the self isnβt a rebirth of all but a constant and never ending process that will never be finished!
If youβve recently had a big life event like moving countries or transitioning or or leaving a stressful situation or something you may have a moment of βwait, who the fuck am I actually?β and this is normal! Thereβs been a you under there this whole time and now you get to meet them!
