I can absolutely understand how one's repressed self could appear as an entirely different person to the outside. But just to offer a complementary perspective, I, for one, am perceived as ever so slightly different. My friends and family say they see the same passionate and caring individual, just spicier, less anxious, more lively, or to summarize it all, more authentic.
If what's been repressed is mostly related to gender identity and, to a milder degree, gender expression, I have a feeling that the changes might be more perceived like an evolution. But if much of one's personality was buried for years, we're talking revolution!
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