You don’t need a plan or a script tonight, just a few honest sentences you can say out loud, right when it counts.
“Different is not the same as wrong.”
“The thing that feels off about you might be exactly what someone needs.”
“You don't have to shrink yourself to fit in here.”
Naming the different trait as useful, not just tolerable, is what turns shame into quiet pride.
In their story, the very thing that made a character feel out of place turns out to be exactly what's needed in a moment that matters.
It ends in a quiet pride in being who they already are, not in becoming someone else to fit in.
Read more: Stories and Self-Esteem: Building a Steadier Sense of Self
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