Who are you?

So y'all already know, I've been struggling with my identity lately. I have come to terms with it, but I've been feeling ashamed, and destroyed, and tired about it. Its just too much.

I wanted to hear someone else's thoughts, opinions, on their own struggle.

I decided to talk to my friend Alexis about what she thought,

This is what she told me, word for word:

Me: Who are you?
Alexis: *shrugs shoulders*
Me: Did you ever struggle with your identity?
Alexis: Yup. *continues eating taquito* Like, I don't know, I was just confused. I went from a tomboy to super girly person as a teenager. I just like girls. But I denied it for a long time. Because I was scared.
I didn't think I fit the category for someone who liked girls.
Like, it was just weird.
I thought you had to be masculine. I was a girly girl who liked...girly girls.
I didn't know it was possible.
Me: How did you end up coming to terms with your identity?
Alexis: I realized I didn't change. The person I liked didn't change who I was. I guess, after, when people were supportive, that helped too.

So, I think I've built a good enough support system around me.
My friends, some teachers, some other people at school, they care about me. Some of them love me. Love who I am no matter what.
I just need to work on loving myself more.
I'm gonna hang in there. Being me isn't too bad.

Tell me y'all, what's your identity? Maybe a part of yourself you used to be ashamed of. How did you, if you did, come to terms with it? If you haven't come to terms with it, are you trying to? How are you doing that?