How can self disclosure lead one to a better understanding of their authentic self? I think we discover ourselves everyday in different situations.I was born and raised in Ecuador by my mom and my grandparents. Throughout my 18 years they taught me to be faithful, greatful, humble, happy and love God before anything, so that's how I consider myself.
The situation in my country wasn't the greatest so when I was 15, my mom and I decided to move to Florida to look for my dad whom I've never met until about 3 years ago. It was the hardest thing to leave my family and friends and to start all over again. I was trying to make myself believe that I was strong enough to start all over again and to try new things, to just be positive and believe that everything was going to be okay. I didn't want to be vulnerable, I was scared to admit that I was scared of new things, And scared of being alone. I missed my friends and my family. 2 years passed and I moved to New York, and one more time I had to re do my life.. I think that when we are facing hard situations is when we discover ourselves the most, in my case I needed to be away from my culture to know that there's more out there and the best thing we can do is explore new places. All of these changes in my life have made me fearless and more out going, I can make friends easily, I can find my way around anywhere I go and it have made me more curious about things I haven't experienced yet. I will always put in practice all the values that my parents have thought me, because I know that's what is going to take me to a better understanding of my authentic self. Every day I change my mind and I find something new on how I am, or how I react to different situations, so I think that's also how I build my self understanding.
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