You see, I was sexually molested when I was a young boy, and it ruined my life.
The trauma and secrets caused so much pain in my life that I lost my identity.
I was teased, laughed at, and shamed in school, which caused me to build a false identity and persona.
I created the “Perfect Guy” so that everyone would love him.
He was successful, talented, always smiling, going places, and a people pleaser.
But after a while, I hated him because... he was not real.
It wasn’t the authentic me - the one who God created me to be.
Years and years passed by, and I saw my life in the same cycle.
It wasn’t until one day I said, “Enough is enough!” I had to tell the little me,