"Speaking the truth- your truth-for many women can feel like an unwise and even dangerous choice. If you've grown up in this culture, you've likely been conditioned by strong narratives, storylines that have taught you how to think about authenticity in your relationships and saying what you actually feel, want, and need-not just the watered-down, sweetened version of your experience."
"Often without realizing it, you've bought into these cultural narratives and as a result, have learned to deny and abandon your truth, stay silent, and focus on making your truth work for the greatest peace in your relationships. The myths you've learned about the truth-telling process have kept you inauthentic and, often, feeling unknown, unheard, and unfulfilled in even your most intimate relationships."
Many women internalize cultural narratives that portray honesty as risky and dangerous, causing them to soften or hide authentic feelings to preserve relational peace. Early socialization instills beliefs about the consequences of truth-telling and what honesty implies about character. Those beliefs lead to denying or abandoning personal truths, staying silent, and prioritizing others' comfort over self-expression, which generates inauthenticity and feelings of being unknown, unheard, and unfulfilled in intimate relationships. Four pervasive myths sustain silence and inhibit authenticity. One major myth frames truth-telling as selfish or domineering, suggesting that honest expression makes someone insensitive or uncompromising.
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