Reacting to your assumptions about me

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I’ve always been the enigma, the one people can’t quite figure out. Maybe it’s the way I carry myself, the poker face I wear like armor. But behind that facade lies a world of thoughts and emotions, a complexity that often gets overlooked.

Growing up, I was always the quiet one in the room, the observer rather than the participant. And with that came a barrage of assumptions from those around me…