What's the difference between being strong and pretending to be strong? Not much, you know. It's all about how comfortable you are believing you are strong.
I'm an Asperger. I'm a recovering alcoholic. I may never speak in front of a camera because I stutter.
Communicating with others face to face has always been tricky, never been able to share my opinions fully when it was most needed. I chose to be "nice" to others instead because that's the least I could do, to show them I'm not a bad person, at least.
So I've always been branded as just a smiley, sweet and quiet, nice guy. In other words, just a boring, a little weird guy.
My life has become much easier since I started to work online from home in 2015 and quit my day job the following year. It seems so natural to me to communicate through writing with others who also prefer to write.
I am full of positivity. I'm happier than I've ever been. I AM strong, but don't have to prove to anyone that.
And I have always been me.