My Mask is Growing heavy and i have forgoten who is beneath

It seems as if sometimes we try soo hard to be something we aren't just to please other. We talk, dress, act and even try to think differently just to impress others. People who was think are our friends. We want to blend in so badly that we no longer know who we are. We've become some half hearted version of ourselves. The real us fighting hard against the make up, the clothes, the attitudes, but everything is so caked on that we can't break through; we just fall deeper and deeper. Losing our true selves.
Some people say they are different from others. Unique hair, Odd and unknown music makes up their play lists and their indescribable style. But are they really being that original. Yes, they may not be dressing like their friends or people around them. But are they being themselves? Or just what being different is supposed to look like.
You may appear differently from everyone else, but are you really all that different. Nothing is being more different then being yourself. Everyone is different, we all have our own little quirks. our own style, weather it be if you like green more then purple. its what inevitability sets us apart from everyone else. making you be your own person. not some fake doll some magazine says you should look like, or what the other kids expect from you.
If the you friends don't except you for who you are then they aren't your friends. Its that simple. it's hard to grasp at first, But Once you realize that you aren't being yourself anymore and stop the charade and they begin to complain or marginalize you. It will be obvious. It's hard at first. You feel like everything you've known is gone. but eventually you find better friends. people who actually like you for who YOU are. You'll be much more happier, nothing is a charade anymore.
Personally, I've been through all this and I've never been happier. I've found who my real friends are. That they don't care about my odd obsession with books and book characters. or that i enjoy anime. they support my writing instead of making fun of it. I enjoy all my time with them and i know that if i tell them something the whole world won't withing the next few minutes. i don't find myself wasting money on this that i don't need or clothes i won't ever wear again. They don't criticise me of talking to certain people. Over all, It's really worth it to take the risk and be Yourself. Find friends who like you for you. It may be hard at first. But you'll be happier in the long run. Life if only so long, we shouldn't waste our time on people who could care less about us to begin with.