Throughout the decades, every generation has gone through its own movement, its own trend that defined its time. […] These were phases, styles, ways of expressing personality. None of them denied reality or who a person truly was. They were expressions, not alternate identities.

But something changed in recent years, especially after the pandemic. A completely different kind of “trend” appeared. It stopped being about music, style, or behavior. It became about escaping inner pain by creating an identity totally disconnected from reality. People began believing they could be anything except what they were born as — animals, undefined identities, an endless list of genders — all as a way to hide emotional wounds, loneliness, and personal struggles.

The saddest part is that many enter these movements convinced that this escape will bring relief. But it doesn’t. In fact, it creates bigger wounds. People altering their bodies irreversibly, believing that would solve their problems, only to discover nothing inside was healed. Families breaking apart, relationships collapsing, people becoming isolated and lost. Many end up dealing with deep depression, hopelessness, and even suicidal thoughts when they realize that changing the outside does not fix the emptiness inside.

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One day, I hope society will look back and understand that so much of what we see today is not identity, but untreated emotional pain. And instead of helping people face their real struggles with honesty, support, and love, we encouraged them to run from themselves.

In the end, every human being is searching for belonging, purpose, and peace. None of that is found by rejecting one’s own identity. Real healing comes from truth, from courage, from facing our pain, and from the strength we find in God, family, and reality itself.

May that day come soon.