Just Be Yourself

I'm so tired of always pretending to be someone I'm not when I'm around my friends. I only know two people in my life that I can truly be myself around and I am forever thankful for them, but at the same time I feel an intense need to please others around me who probably don't care if I live or die. It's exhausting. In a perfect world everyone would be able to express theirselves freely without worrying about who's watching and judging, unfortunately this isn't a perfect world and it never will be. I wish more people were open to the idea of human empathy and caring for your fellow human, but it seems like thats a concept far out of our grasp, especially now.