"You should be more like such-and-such!"
I heard these words while watching a cartoon, but I've heard the words before in my own life. I probably have the worst interpretation of the words possible: "It's not okay to be Me. It's not okay to be who I am at this moment."
I realize that there are people who thrive on how things should and shouldn't be done, and they try to communicate such ideas to others (I have some of that in myself as well)... But I don't always know how to navigate that line-of-thinking with my own. I suppose seeing some of the parallels is one way.
I still have some sort of parental voice in my head telling me it's not okay to be who I am. And I have another part of me telling me to Own who I am. They both look out for my interests, but listening to one hurts more than listening to the other...
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