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Profile: Chaliercy
Chaliercy on Jul 7, 2015
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Certainly not. Although this is a choice entirely yours, it is not necessary. Many people get harmed because they think labels are needed. The important thing is that you are a person completely equal each other, and you are amazing.
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Profile: Oreo
Oreo on Jul 20, 2015
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Short answer: No. Long answer: Labels are used by individuals as a means of feeling belongingness or affinity with a certain identity. Some people feel that they tend towards many labels that were previously thought to be contradictory, but is actually possible to coexist. It is your own self, and therefore you get to choose your labels, if you choose to have them at all. The only labels that apply to you are the ones that you choose.
Profile: Emmastylinson21
Emmastylinson21 on Nov 18, 2015
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No! You do not have to label yourself as anything. Let love and attraction come first, and worry about labels later. Maybe one day you'll find a label that suits you best, or maybe not. And that's okay too.
Profile: SamSPN
SamSPN on Nov 18, 2015
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Of course not. It may make some people feel better about themselves as they have something to identify with, but it isn't necessary whatsoever to label yourself. Give yourself time and just be yourself:)
Profile: gracefulSunshine62
gracefulSunshine62 on Nov 27, 2015
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No! Labels are entirely a personal choice. Labels are there only if you want them. Everyone is their own individual so people that choose a label all fit that label a little differently. You are yourself no matter if you choose a label or not. Neither decision makes your identity any less valid.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on May 18, 2020
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You don't have to label yourself if you don't want to. You're a human being, not a set of labels. If you don't want to put a label or multiple labels on yourself for whatever reason: that's totally fine. It's also completely okay to decide later on that you want to label yourself. The same goes on for when a label doesn't fit you anymore: you can change that. Nobody but you decides which labels you put on yourself en which labels you don't want to put on yourself. Personally I don't label myself very often. Sometimes I use my diagnosis when people ask something about me to explain it. But I don't identificate myself with it, so becides that I'll never use it. I'm also bisexual, but I don't want to label myself that way. Partly because I know everyone around me accepts holebi's and partly because I think mu sexuality is too fluid to put a label on it. But that doesn't mean I never will label myself with these things. So: whether or not you label yourself is your choice. And it's valid.
Profile: SkyeIsThereForYou
SkyeIsThereForYou on Jul 6, 2015
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To some people it is nice to have something that you can call yourself but sometimes it might hurt, Luke if you called yourself something and then other people started calling you that. It hurts sometime.
Profile: Yourfairygodbro
Yourfairygodbro on Feb 15, 2016
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You don't have to but personally, I like labels. They help me understand myself better and it's completely fine to change them once you figure out they're incorrect.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Mar 22, 2016
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You don't have to label yourself. You are who you are, a label can just help you openly identify or explain to others how you feel.
Profile: PearlGrey
PearlGrey on Apr 12, 2016
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absolutely not! if you're happy just being you without worrying about a label then go ahead! if you're still figuring out what you'd want to be labelled, thats fine! if you don't like labels, thats fine, if you decide you want a label but then change your mind, thats also fine! some people find labels useful, some people don't. go with whatever you feel most comfortable with :) .
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