i feel okay about being self aware, but i do not think i have any choice in it. since i am so introverted, hanging out in this inner world thing i have cultivated, it is natural for me to have a strong sense of self. also maybe i have come to an age where i am more sure of things. it is like your body is a shell and there is a lil you deep in the middle and every day that lil you grows more comfortably