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How would you live your life if you were not afraid of your feelings?

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tynamite

The same. I never let what other people believe, stop me from doing what I want to do. Of course I take into account what people feel, but what people believe and what they feel are two completely different things.

For example...
I'll continue teasing people, sucking pens, making assumptions and sweeping statements, because that's what I believe I should do, but I won't behave nastier if I'm no longer afraid of my feelings.

However.... I'll not tease you if I know you're the sort of person who would take offense by it, as that is to do with what you feel, not what you believe.

So in short, I would behave the same whilst being tactful as I always do.
I wouldn't ever use impunity, fearlessness, or apathy as an opportunity to behave worse. I have my own moral code.

The only thing I might change, is that I might be more assertive, as that is something I should and already want to improve at.

Update

How would you live your life if you weren't afraid of what other people thought of you?

This a very interesting question for me, as I have to draw a line between what I think important, and what you think important. As described above, being nice is something I would have to consider when talking to others, s aways do. As being nice to others can often mean "depleting the negative", niceness around others can often go unseen by critics, watching from the outskirts. If someone who thinks I'm not nice sees me converse with someone else without a moral cause, they could class that as all the times that I never was volatile, and go to bed thinking that I wasn't exactly kind. What they don't see, is the consideration I would put in regarding their feelings. There are certain things that we can and cannot say to others, as we are all different. This niceness goes unnoticed by the haters. That's something I cannot change.

Also there's the issue of pride. When people say to have pride, what they eally want you to do is conform to their ways. Tynamite's answer to How can I stop worrying about what other people think? I will expand on that point later on.

There are some hings I do and say in life, that others think are wrong. I'll stick with say for now, as I can give you an example from Quora. There was a question here that asked "Why are women not aware that they can mke he frst move?". I anwered it by saying that they are ware, just that they are exploiting te social pessure, to make men do it, as it's easier, more fun, and bcause women get just as shy as men do but don't like to admit it. That answer got collapsed. Now some pople here think that I'm sexist. I on't naming names. (My answer correct even though collapsed, but let's not get into debating truths.)

Now I have to think, in light of being called sexist, whether I have done anything wrong. The anwer is no. I now break down my idealogy about situations like this, in one sentence.

If there is nothing wrong with my attitude, then I should not be slated as a person for my preferences.

To clarify that idealogy...
If there is nothing wrong with the attitude of my answer as it is not sexist or belittling to anyone in any way, then I should not be slated as sexist for the preferencial view of my answer.