Who Are You, Really?

Three writers on identity and the challenges of being yourself

Krista Schumacher
Nov 4 · 4 min read
Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay

“In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.” — Erik Erikson

Have you ever looked in the mirror and wondered who that person was staring back at you? If so…

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Krista Schumacher

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Nonfiction writer published in Fourth & Sycamore and Terror House Mag. Semifinalist, 2018 UCLA Ext. memoir prize. Ph.D., ed psych. krista@kristaschumacher.com

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