I started speaking in my natural voice

[u/sunshinetearain]

So for context I was born female. I am nonbinary. But since I was 13 I hated myself for not being like everyone else. I made myself have a higher pitched voice when my voice is naturally low for a female. It was all to fit in and people please to make myself seem more like a girl. But it was mental anguish and out of self-hate. Today I woke up and thought I couldn't take it anymore. So today I started speaking in my natural voice. I also put my pronouns in my bio and changed my name on Facebook. I'm now going to be brutally honest with people. Not be some character from a show but be someone real.

[u/skella_good]

Welcome, real you!

Just so you know, when I read this, this is what my brain saw:

“I am going to be brutally honest with people” —> “I am going to be beautifully honest with people”

This is a beautiful truth. ❤️

[u/sunshinetearain → u/skella_good]

Thanks so much!!! I realized life is to short to be someone else and was only being someone else to appease other ppl and for them to not leave me. Idc anymore. The real ones will stay and get to know the real me.