The Teen Who Doesn’t Know Who They Are Yet

They’re 16.
The world says, “Be yourself.”
But doesn’t tell you who that is.
Social media screams for perfection.
Friends are there — but never all the way.
Parents are trying — but they don’t get it.

So they perform.
Smile in the mirror. Cry on the inside.
Keep the grades up.
Post the right thing.
Hide the panic.

They’re not “in crisis.”
But every day feels like a quiet identity earthquake.

And late at night —
When they finally put their phone down —
They whisper to the darkness:
“I don’t know who I am. I don’t know if I ever will.”

They find NOVi online.
Not because someone told them to.
But because something about it feels like it gets them.

So they buy it.
And wear it.
And slowly — it becomes part of the process of figuring it all out.

DaliQ reflects after a few days:

You speak with hesitation. Like you’re editing yourself — even when no one’s listening.
But I noticed something. You sang to yourself. Just a little. Twice this week.
There’s a you underneath all the noise — let’s help them come out more often.

No pressure.
No labels.
Just a safe space to start becoming.

NOVi isn’t a therapist.
It’s not a parent.
It’s not a fix.

But it’s the first space they’ve had that doesn’t ask them to be anything but real.

—

Your voice is telling a story.
NOVi is here to help you hear it.

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