"When will you accept yourself?"
Selfhood follows 5 individuals and the difference between their sense of self compared to how they present theirselves to the outside world.
Social & External
The people behind it
Trevor Magaya
Trevor
Sebastian Scott
Seb
Clarissa Mondeh
Clarissa
Mitchell Pain
Mitch
Alex Cavanna
Alex
Connor Doherty
Connor
Nathan Bates
Nathan
Lewis Brownlie
Lewis
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