The you on the outside is not the same as the you on the inside.
Look in the mirror. You don’t look the same. That’s not how you think or dream that you look. You look older, more stressed, more grey.
Record your voice and play it back. Is that really you? It’s what others hear. It’s not what you sound like in your head. An accent? What accent.
What others see and hear is not the real you. It’s camouflage. It’s the outer shell, the skin, the layer that protects the real you. The one that only you can see. What everyone else sees is just what’s painted on the outer wall.
There’s you on the outside, and then there’s the real you on the inside.