26. Internalized Shame and Guilt

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[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “I’ve always felt different.”

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “Instead of being understood, I got dismissed and criticzed.”

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “So I made sense of it the only way I could:”

[Panel 1] ALIEN: ""There must be something wrong with me.""

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[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “So I’ve spent my whole life hiding my true self, (not that I even know who my true self is) showing only what I thought was an acceptable amount of myself.”

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[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “But a very wise person recently told me:”

[Panel 1] ALIEN: “Healthy adults accept each other when they first meet,”

[Panel 1] ALIEN: “and set boundaries when given reason,”

[Panel 1] ALIEN: “so you don’t start off by having to prove yourself.”

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[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “I deserve to have witnesses to my full life who see, understand and love me.”

[Panel 1] NARRATOR: “Not because I’m so special, but because everyone deserves that, just by existing.”

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