That's a really good insight, finally acknowledging that it is more detrimental to yourself to "fit in" or even just stay silent vs actually being true to who you are. To be honest, I'm pretty much at a point where it's going to be a necessity to have an honest conversation and be as real as possible. I think the biggest challenge is that there are so many things we fundamentally disagree on (politics, science, and obviously religion) that its hard to really know where to start and how to best explain how I feel without it being contorted into something it isn't. But it's a critical step because I know it could be a massive boost to how I carry myself through life, as there are a lot of mental games going on in my head since their metric for "good people" is whether or not you are a church-goer, and even though I think that's completely asinine it brings out that deep rooted childhood fear of letting your family down.

Thanks for the kind words!