I have been offline for a few days and I began to wonder who I was. Before I left I was told my constant questions had cost me the chance to befriend someone and that effected me quite a bit. So I decided to stop asking questions completely in both online and real life. Doing that very thing cause total silence for me. I didn't have anything to say to anyone not my mother, my father or my brother. I basically went six days not saying a single word to anyone. It was then I thought "Who am I?" and asking that question to myself in thought made me realize that me asking so many questions is part of who I am. My identity is the quiz master who tries to be there for everyone else. If you don't like my identity then tough! You have no say in who I am. And now I am wondering who are you? So the point of this thread is for you to think about it and tell us who you are.
An identity consists of many shades. There's the good part of us which aspires to make things better, a bad part which seeks to better ourselves even at the cost of others, a curious side which seeks yo know more, etc. Who am I? I am all of them and yet none of them because they are me and I am them.
It's hard to pinpoint who you are per se, as that can change over time. Your "identity" is shaped by your experiences and any event, be it major or minor, can change any aspect(s) of your personality. Now, to add on to this: I hate to use this, but I feel as though Persona 4 is a great example of this. Basically, the main protagonists are forced to face their "true selves" in order to gain the ability to overcome hardships (which manifests itself in the form of an external "persona"). In facing their true selves, the secrets and doubts in their heart are brought to light. Most of them deny it at first, which only makes their "shadows" stronger. Ultimately, the magnitude of this dark side depends on the person and their own personal struggles (here's the wiki if you want to know more about P4 specifically) and this is just as true in the real world. I am the culmination of my experiences, and that will undoubtedly change over time. All I can do is pursue my true self.
Well I own Persona 4 I just haven't played it yet. And I know there are many shades of a personality but I felt what said was all you really needed to know.
I ask myself this question all the time each and every year. When I get older I always ask myself that. Nasir who are you? Are you the Aqua people know, love, look up to, depend on, and care for on Xbox? The Aqua in real life that will go after anyone who swears they know it all, and have this crazy power over everyone else. So I bring them down and just enjoy doing it. The look on their faces and those who follow can not believe that someone actual got to them. Or am I the nice guy who a lot of people seek help from with Homework, relationship issues, someone to talk to, have a good time with the friend that you know you can always depend on no matter how bad my life gets. Are you the Nasir that will decide who has all the power in the family since its now split between two sides. And I just had to be born the middle child so it all falls onto me. So Nasir who are you? Can you honestly ever love again? Do you keep you heart cold and just love to show people how little they really are because of that ego they carry? Do you understand that you being like this will ruin the real you? But who am I? For right now I am just an Enigma of my own persona of that makes any sense. I am an obscure entity in my own body because I lost who I was when that terrible day happened.
Depends on the day...or the hour...or how much I've talked to people. I ask myself this a lot, but I really don't know an answer, and tbh I don't think I should. Who exactly is Kat? She is an obsessive SVU and Criminal Minds Fan, she loves Linkin Park, she loves purple and cannot live without Tetris in her life. Depending on the day Kat is a very focused and friendly girl who is up for making people laugh. Either that, or she's a quiet, reserved girl who will barely speak even if spoken to. She constantly evaluates how she interacts with other people, and that determines how good she feels about herself. I'll put it like this: Kat is a Greek Australian with dark hair and eyes. Kat is a uni student. Kat is supposedly a singer. Kat is pretty much Kat. But the way I see it: I am whatever people see me as. For example Plums may know Kat's identity as being a little different to how Kitty knows Kat's identity. If people are generally reacting in a positive manner towards you, then you've done something correct, and therefore you can stop worrying about who you are. I am a combination of the various actions I do and the reactions they create. As Roxas says: I am me! Nobody else! Identity is a very strange and hard thing to figure out, and I don't think it ever really can. You are how people see you. That is what I believe.
We're doing it this way now are we? Ha! Who is Ross? Is he a misunderstood reserved guy? A joker who hides his feelings? A mad man who doesn't know who he is? Blah, blah, blah. Some days I know who I am, some days my foundations on that are shaken. In the end I know who I am. I am many things. All things. A good man, a bad man. A child or an adult. A peace lover or war warmonger. Social or not. I'm a mood man, how I feel dictates what I do. Most of the time. I will not be taken over by depression just because that's what I feel, nor sadness. I will deal with it, but not fight it. I will bask in my happiness and say so. I will love unapologetic, even if you infuriate, make me cry, I will not stop loving you. I go with the flow, I will adapt to be what I have to be. Identity has been brought up lately in my life. Human, British, White. What am I? I care nothing for labels truly, I don't feel British, nor White, and what the hell is Human anyway? I live. That is all I can label myself as. Living. And all I want to do is live. I don't want to be just a Human, or White, or British. I want to be me, the best of me when I can be I don't know where this was going. Basically, I am a lot of things at a lot of different times, not one thing, one label. I'm like pretty much anyone else.
