Maria Is Trying to Figure Out Who She Is and Who

Maria is trying to figure out who she is and who she wants to be. She has been posting on social media disclosing different facets of her personality and watching the kind of reaction that she receives. She has disclosed a very personal side of herself and found that she was able to gain support from her friends when she would never have had the nerve to do that in person. She now feels much more comfortable posting about the mistakes she has made in life along with her successes. Maria has found confidence in posting about her ______.

A) real self
B) thin ideal
C) empathy
D) false self