Hell is other people Handling insecurities and opinions

Opinions- the fundamental right of speech, the instrument of thinkers like the pen and  paper; weapons of the powerless like a sharp sword or, perhaps, a double edged sword in my …well… ‘opinion’. The seedDuring my youthful years in the medical college I too carried the weight of other people ’s opinions. Having been brought up and spent my adolescent years in an average run of the mill school, medical college seemed like unknown territory to me. Unaware of the glitz and glamour of the world beyond the rusty school gates I experienced a culture shock when interacting with my seniors. T hey inspected my pants for a ‘brand’ logo or symbol. When asked about why my pants do not have a brand on it I told them that I did not own one. Their reactions were as confusing as the confusion which gripped my mind. Then and there the seed of self-doubt was sown in my mind. That small inciden t very quickly changed my gullible and highly impressionable mind. I bought only the label of the brand and had it stitched to my normal pants. There was a complete paradigm shift in my personality. But even after that I did not feel as if I belonged to the ‘branded’ group. The desire to fit in was so distracting that I never questioned my integrity.As I grew up and gained real world experience I realised that my mentality as a youth was changed not because of the nature or scale of my peers ’ opinions. Instead I exposed my insecurities to the world and for every littl...
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