The Cost of Being What Other People Want You to Be | Niko Diamond

No matter how hard he tried, Nik never felt good enough in any area of his life. Always craving respect and approval from his father that wasn’t forthcoming, he grew up believing any love he was to receive was conditional on what he could deliver.

Nik manufactured a version of himself based on his idea of what the people around him wanted him to be; and spent years in the cycle of escaping reality on the weekends. The journey from self-hatred to self-love has been a painful and challenging one, but so much better than staying stuck.

This is Niko Diamond...