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Conformity


Conformity. You don't hear that word that often. It just means that sometimes we try to be someone that we aren't and a lot of the times it interferes with the development of our identities. Which is weird because it's our identity, hence the our.

It makes us go from this,



to this.



But, on the inside we feel like this,



Now if you've ever watched the movie ¨Dead Poets Society¨, then you'll know that movie is all about conformity. I do recommend watching that amazing movie, by the way. The society around us affects everything we do, including how we think and how we conform.

We conform to try to ¨fit in¨, when we feel left out. Trying to change something about ourselves to seem more likable to the group that rejects us. That doesn't help our identity in any but one way; it helps us bring out the better in ourselves, to find who we really are. Finding who we are makes us feel less lost in life, although we will always find something new to cherish or something new to change. It takes time to know, to really know, who we really are and maybe we won't find every single part of us, but at least we'll know.

The role conformity plays in our identity development is one crucial role. Sometimes we don't find ourselves and we stay who we are not. That could affect how we live our lives. Some would call it not living at all. To live you have to be free and if you are trying to be something you're not, that would hold you down. Telling lies to everyone you know. If you knew everything about them and they didn't even know who you really are, how is that fair or free?

It feels nice to fit in, but it feels better be free and live who you are.
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