This is something I can't say for sure about others and I might be the only case, hence the reason why I'm sharing it. I believe that I turn into a different person based on my surroundings. For example, when most people in my faculty will all agree that I am a really quite person who does not really talk unless it is necessary, however, with my high school friends will see me as this talkative guy who just won't shut up. This example might not really be a good example since it might be confusing as being open or comfortable needs to be distinguished from being 'fake'. I do not think that the level of comfort I have around my high school friends are any higher than that I have with my friends in the faculty. Even if I came to the conclusion that I am just more comfortable with my high school friends would that imply that I am being 'fake' to my friends in the faculty? If yes then that would be implying that the talkative me is the 'real' me while the quite me being 'fake', which I do not feel like is the case. Despite that, assuming that I am 'fake' around a certain environment, would that be considered as a bad thing? But the biggest question is "what kind of person am I really?" It really made me wonder if I really know any of my friends truly at all. This might sound really stupid, but it is a dilemma that has been on my mind for many years now. You know what, the more I type this the more I find myself being dumb. That being said I do believe there are something to be taken out of this, I hope that at least someone gets something to think about from this. Just something I enjoy doing, questioning potentially pointless things.
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Same thing happens to me. You're just taking into account how comfortable you feel in your environment and what is appropriate. I also feel like sometimes, I'm being fake to my true persona, but... what the hell is that anyway? lol. Do we have to be one thing? Does it even matter if it's out of our control?
I believe that different situations require different mindsets and behaviors to do well in.
If this fact about me makes you feel threatened to the point where you're defensively lashing out at me and telling me what I can/cannot do, I will PERSONALLY give you a VERY GOOD REASON to feel threatened.
Way too many of my old friends from hs learned that the hard way.