How has your family relationships shaped your identity? (Traditions, who raised you, family values, etc)

Well, my family is homophobic. As to some people who are not straight it may not seem like a big problem, but to me it definitely shaped my identity as it was a big part of me that determined my future partner when I became an adult and depended if I’d have children or not. My family is fairly religious, abiding my principles that you would think would morally mold a person. It deteriorated my mental health as everything that I had done now will be credited in the after life. I’ve learned to be more dependent on myself when I was struggling with who I was since I was internally homophobic of myself and didn’t know how to be happy unless I encouraged myself.