I have also been thinking about how I was such a secure and confident person when I was younger. From childhood to high school, I was happy to fully embrace my weird self. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve shown less of my personality and have become more insecure with myself and more concerned with getting approval/ being liked by others. Maybe it started once I started dating. But I do try to appear like this calm and confident person, while I clearly have all of these insecurities… I secretly care a lot about what other people think of me.