Why should you be yourself? The simple answer is "because everyone else is taken"-- it's both the simple answer and an accurate answer. The important question is "why are we not ourselves?" What is the pay off for not being ourselves? Ah, now we're talking.

To begin with, what would cause us to not want to be ourselves? For some of us, we may have been raised in environments where it was dangerous to be who we are. Even as adults we may be working in environments that demand that we be other than who we are in order to ensure job security. So we conclude, I have to be other than I am to get what I want i. e. love, safety, income etc.

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