Something you have to understand is that people will not understand you. People may not accept you. People disagree. Not everyone is right.

You can't change yourself for others because no one is right about who you are or what you should be. Literally no one is right. So you might as well be yourself.

People have been saying it for decades, but I can't stress it enough. Be yourself. Don't play small, or fade into the background, or being even 1% less of YOU.

~Paint_splatt