We obviously adapt ourselves to different situations and people. When do you feel that you are most "being yourself"? Unless we're super good actresses, "real" parts of ourselves will leak through, no matter how much we try to adapt ourselves to fit a different persona.

But then the question is--is our "true self" really isolated from how we present ourselves in different circumstances? We may act more witty in front of friends to try and get people to laugh. And then after everyone is gone, we quiet down, think about the day, and wonder why we cracked so many lame jokes. It seemed so fitting at the time..but now, it seems...almost childish. Who is the true self talking?

when i'm fully confident in myself in front of another person, i can be fully myself. who am i confident around? my closest friends. to them, i'm the biggest goofball/mushball in the world. haha

I think I'm only myself in front of my fiance and family.

Even around "best friends" I feel uncomfortable sometimes; everyone is just at different stages in their lives right now and it's hard to relate (me with them or vice versa).

hm. i always feel i'm being myself 100%. it's different versions of me depending on the situation, but it's still all me! now whether my behavior is consistent is another story, but i've already resigned myself to knowing that it isn't. but that's totally okay.

oh. one thing that just came to mind -- i feel more "myself" now that i'm out of school and am in california working. back a couple years ago, i wasn't in a situation that i thought was suitable for the person i considered myself to be, so i didn't feel like i was being myself. idk if that made sense to anyone but me.

always myself...no matter what

I'm always being myself.

It's like I always say to arresting officers: "Go ahead and frisk all you want. You'll find nothing but me."

I'm myself when I'm with my family, especially my siblings.
I used to act myself in front of my best friends too. But since we drifted apart for quite sometime now, I'm becoming more withdrawn ^^"




How true this is.. =(

I feel like I'm truly myself when I'm confident with my outfit, and I'm enjoying what I'm doing, i.e. eating, shopping, or any of my random adventures.

I believe I am myself all the time. I just show different sides. You cannot be like a robot and just show one side of yourself all the time. I think its just how you're feeling. Most of the time I am just weird.

As long as I feel comfortable with someone I'll be my true-self if not I just lock myself into my bubble.

i think i am only my real self to people that i have known for a long time
family and best friends. i think with others you might get scared that they may think
your weird and its harder to just put urself out there.

each side that i show to others is my true self

i become witty and crack lame jokes with friends
i become flirty or what not when i'm around a girl i want to hook up
i become calm when i'm in church
i become lazy on a monday morning @ work
i become sensitve when i goto a museume, watch a sad movie
etc.

i am true to myself in all aspects in one way or another
because i choose to be like that in that situation

but it's when i'm driving from laguna beach all the way up to huntington beach on local during the night when there are
no cars and i'm blasting my music while all the windows are down

during that moment i can feel and realize that i'm still here sane
and just loving the whole thing

^^^ I liked that. I think that's the point I was trying to make, but was not eloquent enough for.

I'm horrible at acting, so I don't really think I'm acting when I show different sides of myself. Of course, I tame it down or hype it up depending on the situation.

But there are times when I am just sitting at home after watching a very insightful movie or listening to an emotional song, and (CORNY WARNING), "life makes sense" for that second...and I feel that I am being myself because everything else doesn't seem to matter so much as my own feelings as that moment.

And then of course, I have to return to reality.

So in general, do you guys think you feel more like yourself ALONE or with a close friend/family member/SO/etc? Hmm...

when i'm talking to my older sister about stuff i think i'm being the most true to myself...

i feel like i don't have to prove anything about the way i feel to her or the who i am... :]

i can only be myself at home with my immediate family.
that is pretty sad
i'm still pretty self conscious in front of most of my friends
except a select few who i feel truly comfortable around
but it's still not my real self even in front of them
but i do hope that one day i can just be myself with no worries.

I think I am at my truest self only when I am alone, only then am I able to take a moment by myself and just think about what I am doing with myself and my life.

My family and my true friends see most of my true self. They see that even though I am strong, I am still weak and I cry like a baby at times. I can complain to then, lean on them, and let them see my vulnerability. I am thankful for that at least, that there are people in this world that love me for all of me and not just parts.

^ Same here. I'm pretty much only myself when I'm by.. myself. hahah

when i go home and hang out with my brothers. i totally go wild.

I try to be myself MOST of the time. I just got so fed up with the idea of trying to impress people and giving up false impressions that I just gave up and decided that if they don't like me for who I am, then too bad. And I'm much happier this way. I mean, of course I watch how I act around certain people (like my bf's mom LOL) but that doesn't mean my personality suddenly changes.

I'm still in the process of figuring out who I really am. I'm probably most comfortable and open and "me" with my SO, but I'm not sure if that is even 100% of me. I'm not extremely close with my parents or my sister, so even though they know me (as well as they can), i don't feel i can ever be myself around them.

^ I'm in the same boat. It's funny how people know me better than me, or they think they do.

im usually always myself
be true to yourself and others
that's how you become an effective counselor
i learned that

when im at home or alone. sometimes i show my true self to my bf too.

I feel that I'm truly "being myself" at most is when lying I'm in bed at night; it's rather deep.

Probably I'm really truly myself in front of my family and closest friends. Normally when ppl first meet me, most ppl think I'm cold, quiet and really distant but once u get to know me everyone knows I'm a goodball and really warm and friendly.

Hmm... perhaps when I'm alone ay?
Or if you're Christian.... like me, then with God you can be yourself.

I think for like 3-4 friends of mine, they're so close to me and know me so well that I can be "myself" much more than to anyone else, including sometimes family members.

But there's always a teeeeeny itsy part of everyone that's "not real" in front of friends...

So i'd say when we're alone, or with God...

It is tiring to act and trying to appear different than yourself.

I am different depending on the circle I am in.
Office, friends, the best friends, boyfriend, family.
But, still it is me, myself. I do not have to act

Thats the same with me. I act goofy in front of my friends and family but when Im around strangers Im usually the quiet one till you get to know me.