Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

by Janet Mock

Instead my audacity to be seen, to dare for greatness, moved those without that same courage toward defense.

now know that I survived the dissonance of my daytime and nighttime lives through compartmentalization. Psychologists define compartmentalization as a defense mechanism or a coping strategy, one that enables a person to deal with opposing situations simultaneously.