Relationships are a central part of being human as it connects us to people, the environment, and ourselves with the increase in positive mental health and well-being. However, in saying this, forming genuine relationships can be complex as other factors can contribute to developing barriers that prevent a person from being real such as adversaries within childhood, trust issues, fear, and complicated emotions. Moreover, within contemporary society, people have become accustomed to being inauthentic about their behaviours, attitudes, and characteristics due to pressure from the community and fear of judgment. There form, I firmly stand alongside my belief that self-identity plays a crucial role in creating genuine relationships, although relationships can be conditional at some point. Understanding and knowing yourself shapes your personality, values, social identity, and relationship role. Most of all, you know the forms of connection you want to have with people, environment, and the self and knowing yourself, such as what triggers you, what makes you happy, and how much of yourself you are willing to give to others and your as acknowledging, knowing who you are can prevent you from hurting yourself and others. All relationships are conditional at certain stages. For instance, we form connections to connect with others. It could be due to having similar worldviews, interests, or mindsets. These are the conditions we as humans unknowingly create before entering into relationships. And once the other party's worldview, curiosity, or perspective does not align with yours, the connection shifts and your views of that person slowly change. Therefore, it is vital to know your self-identity as this will enhance your ability to overcome barriers that could hinder your relationships with others and solutions to overcome them.

Within contemporary society, there is consistency in maintaining the order of balance. To climb the social ladder and be at the tip of the iceberg, you must be better than others. To uphold your personal life, you must conform to societal expectations by setting many goals. Moreover, people using social media platforms must limit their human connections with others. We are slowly forming a habit of sacrificing what we need to survive and live healthy lives for the things we want and can live without. Once upon a time, we used to use the word please at the beginning of every sentence and thank you at the end of conversations; regardless of the discussion or assistance we needed, we as a society were thankful and showed gratitude in every aspect of our lives. Unfortunately, contemporary society has slowly become a narcissistic culture as we are centrally focused on stereotypical beauty, wealth, power, status, and how others view us. We are so focused and concerned about ourselves individually that we have progressively lost awareness of others and our surroundings.