their beliefs and the way they act to be accepted by their friends. i hear many of these boys telling me in therapy that they feel lost. they tell me they no longer have an idea of who they really are or believe or feel. these boys often turn to alcohol, drugs and cutting. usually to numb out their lost feeling or to feel something.
as a result, many teens start acting like someone they are not just to be accepted. this fear of not being accepted and forgetting their real self because they has been covering their true self up for so long or denying their true feelings for so 