My Identity And Personal Identity

For the majority of my early adolescents, figuring out my personal identity was a mysterious concept that I was expected to instantly figure out overnight. In order to become successful in life, I needed to figure out what I want to pursue. In order to figure out what I wanted to pursue, I needed to figure out what I exceled at. The constant pressure of figuring out who I was had placed an immense burden upon my perspective of how I viewed myself. I had placed important significance upon inanimate concepts to determine who I was that I essential did not understand that my internal and external identity was being molded by my environment. The environment that I grew up in, the goals I had set for myself, the way that I interact with others and the friends I made during the duration of my early education were vital components

When most outside individuals look at me, they automatically assume that my entire life is Halloween themed (10) and that I am gothic which leads them to believing that I do not know the concept of emotions. Although the majority of the stereotype applies to who I am, the stereotype does not essentially apply to how I view myself. It was not fully brought to my attention how much the steretyope did not define my view of myself when I was gifted necklace (9) from one of my friends. The sole purpose of her gifting me the necklace was because the pendant had reminded her of my personality. The pendant had a glass circular capsule that enclosed dead flowers inside. She compared the glass circular capsule to how unafraid I am to show my true self to anyone I meet. She then compared the dead flowers inside of the circular capsule to the good of my personality which was all of my good qualities that I have to offer. Due to her thoughtful gift, it had opened my eyes to not allowing the established stereotype of society to automatically define how I view