How can you have a feeling for who your true self is when you have no one to be your true self around?

[Anonymous]

You are with your friend or friends. You have fun. But you don’t entirely feel you’re being your true self. Though you may like your friends it still leaves you disappointed.

How do you know you aren’t already being your true self? How do you know there is more you’re not revealing? In what ways would you change if you found someone to be your true self around?

If you have found someone to be your true self around, then compare you’re self to people you aren’t your true self around. How do you change?

This isn’t a question for myself, but a general question I am curious about.

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You have not found that person yet, say. Is there really a way for you to know how you would behave around that theoretical person?

[ArtemisSilver]

You could try going on an adventure to test yourself. Traveling when you graduate isn't a bad way to spend a year.

[Asker]

If you did this, would you travel alone, with a friend or some friends, or try to discover new friends along the way

[Asker]

Or none

[ArtemisSilver]

I'd travel with a small host of dwarves.

[Asker]

Haha very nice

[ArtemisSilver]

Jks probably solo

[Asker]

Cool

[Asker]

Have you found a friend to be completely open and true around? If you don’t mind me asking

[ArtemisSilver]

Yea I'm married to her.

[Asker]

Awesome

[ArtemisSilver]

You'll find that someone for you. And when you do, they'll piss you off constantly and you'll like it.

[Asker]

Haha cool yeah I’m not into that process yet, no girlfriend

[Asker]

But there is a friend that is a girl I have that in more of myself around than anyone else which is lots of fun

[ArtemisSilver]

Sounds like a start

[Asker]

That would be cool