Everything about me keeps changing

Earth Girl
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I feel like everything about me changes day to day. My appearance changes so sometimes I like the way I look and other days I look bad and this can even change throughout the day and it's not even just me who thinks this because people from school also say my appearance changes a lot and they critique the way I look and say things like "She looks a bit better than she did a few years ago, but not by much."

 

I have something wrong with my voice, so my voice changes a lot (I think it's the tone that changes). I feel like a lot of the time, at home, I probably sound like Daria because I don't get along with my parents, but when I moved out by myself for a few months a couple of years ago, I was able to sound the way I wanted to sound most of the time without being too quiet. I feel best when my voice sounds gentle and "feminine"/girly rather than sounding weird. I also get compliments for my voice when it sounds the way I want it to sound whereas I feel like people think I sound strange when my voice sounds... strange? I don't know why my voice sounded better when I moved out from my parents' house temporarily, but maybe I felt better? 

 

Apparently even my personality changes? People from school say they think I have some type of DID. +Sometimes I have self-awareness and other times I don't. 

 

Also, sometimes I am straight, and other times I'm bisexual/biromantic/curious. Up until I was about 23 I think, I was predominantly straight. I sometimes thought about other women when I would "you know what", but I had no attraction to them in real life. I would walk past them without any attraction at all. I thought they were cool and all, but yeah, no attraction until one day, I felt bad about it (even though there's nothing wrong with it, it's just "you know what") so I tried to feel romantically attracted to women and then it got a bit weird because I started feeling romantically attracted to tons of people and I had to try to calm the farm a bit. For the most part now, I've gone back to feeling predominantly straight, but I still have moments where I feel romantically attracted to some other women (just a few this time though). I still don't want to have sex with them though even though I still "you know what", but I don't want to do that sort of thing in real life? Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to kiss another woman. I don't know if I would like it or it would just feel, okay? 

 

But yeah, everything changes about me a lot and it can be very stressful. 

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TrueSeeker
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Hello Earth Girl

 

I can see how confusing and frustrating this is for you. It's understandable. I think it's related to our moods as they can change our appearance and personality quite a bit. And it's ok as it's result of our past and once we find our peace things stabilise.

 

I think it's quite natural for it to take a while to decide and settle on who we want to be. It's ok to try different things and see what works for us.

 

I hope that it helped little bit, please feel free to share any concerns that you might have

Hello TrueSeeker, thanks for your response. 🙂

 

I think what you say about how our moods affect our personality is true because I've noticed I act very differently depending on how I'm feeling, and I guess it's the same for appearance as well. Does that mean that if I want to look and behave my best, that I should try to be happy, calm and stable? It might be the same for my voice too. 

 

I have a fairly good idea of who I want to be (kind, feminine (including with voice), self-aware, happy, but not in an overboard kind of way, etc) as well as I prefer being straight because I find being somewhat bisexual kind of stressful (I know that sounds strange, but I just find life easier when I am completely or almost completely straight, though I don't find anything wrong with people being bisexual). Also, I don't want to be going crazy over guys either because sometimes when it comes to guys I like who are mean to me, it makes me sad because I find it hard to stop liking them, but when I'm in a calm, good sense of mind, I'm able to "break free" from them and just want to be around people who are nice to me. 

 

I'm in a good state of mind at the moment because I'm not feeling like I'm going crazy over guys who are mean to me who I liked and I'm able to just think "those guys aren't right for me and I don't want them", but this feeling keeps changing and after a while I feel like I'd almost be willing to put up with them being mean to me because I still have feelings for them. 

 

Another thing with sometimes being straight and other times a bit bisexual is that it would be easier to make friends if I am straight all the time because if I have "moments of confusion" it can make people feel a bit awkward even though it's quite mild feelings. I get it though, because it would be hard to be friends with someone who has some romantic feelings for you if you don't feel the same way even if they are mild feelings. I don't know how to be straight all the time though even though I use to have almost no problems with this type of thing because I use to be straight all the time practically.  

Yes, we do look and are our best when we're happy, calm and stable but it's not worth putting a mask on as a lot of people can see through it anyway. Just working on being a little happier, calmer and more stable is ok. Even if we have a bad day, it's ok, we're all just human and people that care might even help us to feel better, most of the time a kind word is all it needs. It think it's really good that you're aiming for a good balance and trying to not overdo anything. I like your approach to guys.

 

In regards to your sexuality, it's important to consider whether the stress of worrying about who you are is worth it, it might be easier to embrace it and enjoy the life to the full rather than holding yourself back. You can do it whichever way feels right for you and experiment without telling and once you know for sure than decide what to do with it. Of course, it's fully up to you to decide which way is more enjoyable.

 

I hope that it will all work out for you, I wish you all the best, we're here whenever you need to talk

Thanks so much for, TrueSeeker. ❤️