Withholding

Being genuine and true to yourself have been concepts that I have become acquainted in recent years.
Genuine:

1. real: having the qualities or value claimed a genuine Cézanne

2. sincerely felt: not affected or pretended a look of genuine surprise

3. candid: honest and open in relationships with others a very genuine person

4. pure bred: being of unmixed breeding of genuine stock

I have recently become more aware of how this could lead to various complications if one is not fully aware of possible consequences. How easy is to be in touch with your own genuinity?
Is it something achievable, is it a goal or a life long experience, or just a positioning in relation to others or is how others see you or how you see yourself in others.

Thinking of genuinity led me to think about Withholding: "The source of guilt and hostility lies mainly on the "charge" or repressed, unfulfilled intentions, connected to misdeeds one commits or witnesses, and the withholding of the truths about these actions (or inactions) from oneself and others. Confronting these misdeeds and withholds, and regaining the ability to take responsibility and feel forgiveness, results in a major sense of reconciliation. In this section, viewers restore the integrity and personal power that has been inhibited by guilt, justification, blame, and the fear of harming others."

Is someone who is lacking self-awareness, is also being far from genuine?
Is someone who is striving towards self-awareness, being genuine?
What the hell is self-awareness then?

This has become a more serious post as I expected. I need to stop here.