All of this quietly squishes a person's dreams and goals deeper and deeper down inside of her until she is no longer sure of who she is, AND now she needs other people to tell her.
Do you know who IS the real you, and can you be her?
1. Your friend gives you a new shirt for your birthday. Unfortunately, it is as ugly as a shirt can get. You:
2. Its Saturday morning and the doorbell rings. One of your buddies has decided to pop in, and you're dressed in your finest Froot Loops stained-pajamas and a mud mask. Your reaction:
3. You have just been made the butt of a very nasty joke while walking down the hall to class. You decide to:
4. You have been feeling really depressed lately, and people are beginning to notice it. When they ask how you are, you answer:
5. One week after you and your boyfriend break up, your best friend calls and says that she and your ex might be starting up something. You tell her:
6. While out shopping with your friends, you find the perfect skirt, but a friend just bought one like it. When she pitches a fit because, "We both can't have the same thing," you:
7. On Monday morning you find out that there was a big party last Saturday at so-and-so's house – and you were one of the few people not invited. Every time someone asks why you weren't there, you say:
8. A friend waltzes into class with the goofiest haircut you have ever seen on a human being. You:
9. When you're at a party where you don't know a lot of people, you:
10. People often compliment you for being funny. Whenever you hear this, you think:
11. After giving your best at the audition for the school play, you find out that someone else got the part you wanted. You:
12. You're at a party where everyone is underage and everyone is drinking lots of alcohol. You're not comfortable with the situation, and when people start pressuring you to drink, you:
13. A friend shouts across the entire store that she found the perfect dress for you, and wants to know what size you are. You shout back:
14. You recently got your nose pierced, and now realize that you don't like it – even though your friends think it's pretty cool. You decide to: