Freedom has a lot to do with what you think, deep in the recesses of your brain. No one can tell you whether or not you're free. The mind can only dictate whether you believe it or not. It's up to you to realise that you are, in fact, a free spirit, but limited in many ways, too.
( My reply, Strictly Filipina: The embodiment of who we are" --when asked what freedom means, in the context of being a Filipina woman, today)