The resigned recognize and feel the Responsibilities of Self-Belonging just as much as the affirming, but they only recognize them in resignation: “I am only ever my own,” they say. “Although it promises to, society will not provide me with the tools I need to achieve my desires, express my identity, and become my true self. The system is broken. The cards are stacked against me. But I can perhaps still discover moments of pleasure that make life worth living.”
