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GEMINI RISINGS: You went so long biting your tongue just for the sake of amplifying everyone around you, that you forgot you had a voice in the first place. You shrunk yourself into the recesses of conversations and reflected other people's viewpoints back onto them, like mirrors instead of offering a counter opinion or different perspective. You began to feel like the more you tell people what they want to hear, the more valuable you felt to them, an extension of themselves and a mirage of who you once were. Unintentionally you shape-shifted into the perfect replica of what each person wanted to see in you, and found yourself coming up empty or confused with who you were without the projection of what others needed. You lost yourself for the sake of amplifying everyone around you, and maintained friendships with people that never even noticed you were doing this in the first place. But what if you reclaimed your voice, and your thoughts, and your feelings - even if some of the people you've grown closest with - don't remain as fixtures in your life but placeholders for more substantial friendships. I'm not saying you need to be the ultimate contrarian to everyone's thoughts and feelings i.e. knee-jerk reactively disagreeing before you've even heard someone out in the first place. But, shouldn't you enter rooms where people want to pick your brain with the enthusiasm of a child on Christmas morning - not because they are trying to control you, but because they genuinely value your opinion.