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Is it normal to not know who you actually are 100% till your an adult?

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Anonymous on Oct 11, 2016
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It is normal not to know who you are until any point in time. Everyone faces struggles throughout their life, but self-identifying is a sure common struggle.
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Gaara on Feb 6, 2017
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No one never knows exactly who they are. We all tend to find ourselves at different times and in many, many different ways. Our paces of finding who we are (for the most part) just differ person to person. So don't sweat it. Let what you are passionate about and how you change come without pushing it away or trying to hurry it.
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Anonymous on Jun 19, 2017
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Absolutely. It is not at all wrong to not understand your own sexuality. It takes time to understand and accept what is happening and the changes that come with it.
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Aayla on Jul 3, 2017
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Absolutely! Our identity is fluid, it can change through our life, it's not wrong to experience changes or to be complex enough to make it hard to label yourself. The good thing is we don't need labels! We can just be who we are and do what we feel like doing without having to define ourselves. There is a certain freedom in this.
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Blynng on Aug 21, 2017
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As an adult, I can say that I think most people don't know who they are 100% of the time. Self-actualization is a long, arduous process that takes a lifetime... We are dynamic beings that always have room for growth and change. It's a beautiful thing, to be able to flex and flow with new information and experiences, though this can sometimes make us feel unstable and anxious. I guess what I'm saying is, it's absolutely normal to have periods of time where you have no idea who you are, and to have periods of time where you know exactly who you are and what you want. When we are younger/teens, we are subject to more instability as we change from being a child to an adult, so these feelings can be more intense, so it's important to have patience with ourselves.
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FromDrewWithLove on Feb 13, 2018
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Of course! There's not a specific time when you have to have everything figured out. It takes time to have everything figured out, and some people take more time than others. Once you're an adult, things start falling more into place (sometimes).
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SunOfMyLife on Feb 21, 2018
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Yes, it is absolutly normal. And even then there is no guarantee you will know for sure who you are. You learn more and more about yourself as time goes on, and you change depending on circumstances, so there is always more to learn.
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Anonymous on Dec 17, 2019
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Yes, its normal that's why I believe that we people should not rush things and learned to wait till its ur time so that you missed any single special moment in our life. In other words, not everything that we can know about ourselves is all that important to find out. Here we want to focus on the areas of self-knowledge that matter most in life: the areas concerned with the inner psychological core of the self. Self-knowledge is important for one central reason: because it offers us a route to greater happiness and fulfillment. A lack of self-knowledge leaves you open to accident and mistaken ambitions.
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Anonymous on Oct 26, 2020
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I believe this to be normal. Childhood is time of development and learning what you are interested in and enjoy. There are many factors to really knowing oneself. I also believe there is a time line to truly figuring oneself out. I'm a young adult and I'm still trying to figure myself out. I try not to stress about not knowing 100% because life is constantly changing. Unexpected events happen that may change out look on life and how we do things or behave. I think to some point we should know who we are, but not all the way to 100%.
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