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What if there is no label that defines me?

Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Feb 14, 2015
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Make one up! That's how we got the labels we already have -- people realized there wasn't a simple way to explain their feelings, so they came up with a word to describe it. Others who felt the same found the word, and thus it spread. Labels are made to fit how people feel. There can never truly be enough labels to fully encompass all human feelings, unless there was a label for each individual person. You can also look at labels like quoi, fluid, and flux if you haven't already. Conversely, don't go by any label at all. You don't need a label if you don't want one, or if there isn't one you feel comfortable identifying with. Not having a label doesn't make your feelings and experiences any less valid than anyone else's.
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Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Dec 1, 2015
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there doesn't have to be a label! you define you! you need to be comfortable enough with yourself first - and if a label is important to you, it will come eventually
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Anonymous on Dec 29, 2015
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Then it's okay! You shouldn't rely on labels to define yourself. You are you, and if there isn't a word to group you in then you're also unique!
Profile: AutumnLeigh
AutumnLeigh on Apr 4, 2015
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No label defines me which means I am unique and therefore very special a meant for special things in this life!!
Profile: PoetaSinVersos
PoetaSinVersos on Jan 17, 2015
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Well, the only label defining your true self is "ME". A big "ME" over your heart because you are not a estatic being that can be tagged. You are a self-conscious evolving being and you can be whatever you want. Don't try to define yourself!
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jan 17, 2015
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Labels exist simply to help people define themselves and explore who they are. It's absolutely alright not to identify with any of them, or to switch from one label to another. No matter what, you're always primarily yourself.
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If there is no label to define you then you are unique, special, you are you! You have a label, your label is YOU! Some people might have cool, popular, and pretty as there labels but your label is the best label ever... you should just be you not anything else.
Profile: Lennya
Lennya on Apr 8, 2015
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Its totally okay! :D Labels aren't necessary, and for many people they feel like they are a hindrance to their true expression of self. If it is important to you, you can always take your time looking up and mixing and matching labels to hopefully find one that you feel best describes who you are. Also its important to realize that peoples labels and identities change over time and we as humans are rarely covered by just ONE label for our entire life (if ever!) :D Hope this helps. Feel free to connect with myself or another listener if you would like to further discuss this question.
Profile: RabbleRouser
RabbleRouser on Apr 9, 2015
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This is okay. The most important thing I can even think to say is that labels aren't as important as society has tried to make us believe. You are not alone. You belong.
Profile: wahmaka
wahmaka on May 10, 2015
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You can either make your own label or disregard the whole notion of it. Just be yourself, the rest will fall into place.
Profile: Joseph123
Joseph123 on Jun 23, 2015
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Well then make your own label, be and do whatever makes you happy. You are you, not a label. Be yourself and be happy.
Profile: BronyDice
BronyDice on Jul 20, 2015
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That's wonderful! That means you are completely unique! Sometimes it takes courage to be unique, to stand out from the crowd. Sometimes you feel alone and cast out. We all feel this way sometimes. If you feel like you need a label, you can always call yourself Human. A son or daughter or friend. A brother or sister or cousin.... you can be many things. You can be ANYTHING!
Profile: MonkeyMaster
MonkeyMaster on Aug 4, 2015
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Do you really need a label? If not, that's okay. You are you. If you want a label, then you can create your own!!
Profile: HorizonofHope
HorizonofHope on Aug 18, 2015
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Then that's perfectly okay- you don't need to bind yourself within anything other than who YOU feel you are. You might not fit into a label because you're not a one in a million kind of person- you're a once in a lifetime kind of person!
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Sep 22, 2015
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That is completely ok. Labels are not required to live a happy life. Some people use them, others don't. :)
Profile: amazingHeart17
amazingHeart17 on Oct 22, 2015
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You don't need to be restricted to labels, it is more of a personal preference, but do whatever suits you!
Profile: EmmaLFS
EmmaLFS on Oct 29, 2015
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The only necessary label is 'human'. Everything else is down to simple variation. Labels are not necessary to the human experience and who you are needn't be summarised by a word.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Nov 15, 2015
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Great! You are a unique individual! You are doing A-Okay! :D
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Anonymous on Nov 25, 2015
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There doesn't have to be lables to fit you nessesarily, you define lables, not the other way around.
Profile: SilenceAtNight
SilenceAtNight on Dec 30, 2015
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Most things exist on a continuum whereas labels are a dichotomy so it makes sense that no label would fully define you.
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