Most Sundays we would go to church at a local contemporary Christian church. This affected my identity because I grew up believing in the religion, but, like my brothers I eventually became skeptical and now lean towards a more agnostic viewpoint. I don’t like to think that my religious views define my identity because I’m very interested in it. My sexual orientation is heterosexual. I don’t think my sexual orientation has a lot to do with my identity, especially because it falls into the majority. I have been with my girlfriend for almost five years, so that would affect my identity but not my being heterosexual. My final personal characteristic that defined me and my identity was my weight. When I started middle school, I began gaining weight and was “fat” throughout my middle school and high school career. I felt it was something that someone would see immediately about me and then it would affect how they would treat me. It affected me negatively like bringing down my self-confidence but eventually when I was able to gain more control over my weight it gave me more strength and
Most Sundays we would go to church at a local contemporary Christian church. This affected my identity because I grew up believing in the religion, but, like my brothers I eventually became skeptical and now lean towards a more agnostic viewpoint. I don’t like to think that my religious views define my identity because I’m very interested in it. My sexual orientation is heterosexual. I don’t think my sexual orientation has a lot to do with my identity, especially because it falls into the majority. I have been with my girlfriend for almost five years, so that would affect my identity but not my being heterosexual. My final personal characteristic that defined me and my identity was my weight. When I started middle school, I began gaining weight and was “fat” throughout my middle school and high school career. I felt it was something that someone would see immediately about me and then it would affect how they would treat me. It affected me negatively like bringing down my self-confidence but eventually when I was able to gain more control over my weight it gave me more strength and