ever wish to be someone else, just to see what it's like?

decides2dream

i love being me ...so it's not some bizarre self-esteem thing, haha. and i don't mean wishing to be someone famous or something, although i've often desired being someone truly genius, just to check it out. i am thinking of, just another average person....to really be able to see, to think, in someone else's head. often on the train some random interesting looking person will trigger this thought in me...wondering what it's like to BE someone else, have their thoughts, their life....just to see what it's like. try as we may to see things from others' perspective, we truly can't do so 100%....so i think it would be amazing to experience for one day anyway. someone from a completely different cultural background in particular could be very fascinating....and/or different gender....age....whatever.


just some random thoughts swimming thu my head this morning commute.

Yellow Ledbelly

Someone else? Perhaps only to see myself naked

Heineken Helen

Genuinely... no! I've often wondered what it's like to be certain people... but never wished to actually BE them even just for a day. I'm pretty comfortable being me

Phantom Pain

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

Someone else? Perhaps only to see myself naked

You dont own a mirror ?

decides2dream

hmmmm...i just think it would be utterly fascinating to actually THINK and FEEL in someone else's mind, what an absolutely *different* experience it would be! as i said, it has nada to do with not genuinely enjoying being me...it has to do with experiencing life from an entirely different perspective, b/c let's face it, who we are and how we think always is 'there' in all our experiences....so having someone els'e mind to check out..... :shock: i think it would be so cool! i mean, even people in my own life, no matter how well you know someone, you can never truly know them...all their thoughts and feelings......we can only fully known our own selves.

Heineken Helen

decides2dream wrote:

hmmmm...i just think it would be utterly fascinating to actually THINK and FEEL in someone else's mind, what an absolutely *different* experience it would be! as i said, it has nada to do with not genuinely enjoying being me...it has to do with experiencing life from an entirely different perspective, b/c let's face it, who we are and how we think always is 'there' in all our experiences....so having someone els'e mind to check out..... :shock: i think it would be so cool! i mean, even people in my own life, no matter how well you know someone, you can never truly know them...all their thoughts and feelings......we can only fully known our own selves.

:oops: I just think if you WERE somebody for a day, you'd still have your own thoughts but in their body... it wouldn't be YOU if you were THEM... if that makes sense

Yellow Ledbelly

Phantom Pain wrote:

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

Someone else? Perhaps only to see myself naked

You dont own a mirror ?

I would only wish to be someone else -- say a beautiful lady -- for the purpose of seeing myself as that person naked.

kevinbeetle

sometimes i wish i was jennifer anniston so i could take really long showers with a lot of soap, just to see what its like to lather up that body

Travelar

kevinbeetle wrote:

sometimes i wish i was jennifer anniston so i could take really long showers with a lot of soap, just to see what its like to lather up that body

If we only had a day, I don't think I'd even make it out of the shower.

dunkman

yep, i'd pick to be a woman for a day.... i'd get my funbags out to guys on the street and stuff... possibly buy a cucumber... that kinda thing... thats if i ever left the house that is.

chiquimonkey

i've thought about this too, when riding the bus to work...something about zoning out on public transportation i think

it would be interesting, like some sort of psychological travel. not sure id' want anybody to journey in my head for a day though :shock:

decides2dream

chiquimonkey wrote:

i've thought about this too, when riding the bus to work...something about zoning out on public transportation i think

it would be interesting, like some sort of psychological travel. not sure id' want anybody to journey in my head for a day though :shock:

exactly!


i've often imagined havin ght ehtought process of say einstein...or perhaps picasso...but yes, ONLY for a day! might be 'too much' to be that genius, or selfish ...for longer. and i do think, even just the average person, to actually be able to see, think and feel the world, from someone else's mindset, their perspective...would be fascinating! as much as we're so similar, we all are so different too.


glad at least one person really *gets* it. :P

kevinbeetle

dunkman wrote:

yep, i'd pick to be a woman for a day.... i'd get my funbags out to guys on the street and stuff... possibly buy a cucumber... that kinda thing... thats if i ever left the house that is.

what are you gonna make a cucumber salad or something? thats weird.

soulsinging

decides2dream wrote:

i love being me ...so it's not some bizarre self-esteem thing, haha. and i don't mean wishing to be someone famous or something, although i've often desired being someone truly genius, just to check it out. i am thinking of, just another average person....to really be able to see, to think, in someone else's head. often on the train some random interesting looking person will trigger this thought in me...wondering what it's like to BE someone else, have their thoughts, their life....just to see what it's like. try as we may to see things from others' perspective, we truly can't do so 100%....so i think it would be amazing to experience for one day anyway. someone from a completely different cultural background in particular could be very fascinating....and/or different gender....age....whatever.

just some random thoughts swimming thu my head this morning commute.

Funny, I often think it would be nice to be in a normal person's shoes for a day or so. It's a burden being a genius all the time.

dunkman

decides2dream wrote:

i've often imagined havin ght ehtought process of say einstein...

the what of Einstein?

decides2dream

dunkman wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

i've often imagined havin ght ehtought process of say einstein...

the what of Einstein?

"the thought process"



didn't realize my typo is THAT difficult to decifer.

Sian-of-the-dead

I'd like to be Ed, Johnny Depp (I'd call up Tim Burton and ask to meet for a coffee with him and the missus ) or Jim James... but if we're not going famous I guess I'd like to be my boyfriend for a day...

I know that sound silly and mushy (I assure you it's not mushy!) but it's purely for egotistical reasons... I wanna see what he sees and I wanna know what it's like to live with me, sleep with me etc etc.

The only other thing i'd like to be is my cat, Ozzy. She's too intelligent to be 'just a cat' and I often wonder what goes through her head, what she thinks about and where she gets her god complex and the mighty chip on her shoulder...

decides2dream

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

I'd like to be Ed, Johnny Depp (I'd call up Tim Burton and ask to meet for a coffee with him and the missus ) or Jim James... but if we're not going famous I guess I'd like to be my boyfriend for a day...

I know that sound silly and mushy (I assure you it's not mushy!) but it's purely for egotistical reasons... I wanna see what he sees and I wanna know what it's like to live with me, sleep with me etc etc.

The only other thing i'd like to be is my cat, Ozzy. She's too intelligent to be 'just a cat' and I often wonder what goes through her head, what she thinks about and where she gets her god complex and the mighty chip on her shoulder...

oooooooooooo...that IS interesting!
altho it might be very dangerous to truly 'know' what my husband is thinking, some things might be better left 'unknown.' haha. but seriously...yes! that's EXACTLY it! just the idea of being able to se the world from another's perspective. amazing!

chiquimonkey

decides2dream wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

i've thought about this too, when riding the bus to work...something about zoning out on public transportation i think

it would be interesting, like some sort of psychological travel. not sure id' want anybody to journey in my head for a day though :shock:

exactly!


i've often imagined havin ght ehtought process of say einstein...or perhaps picasso...but yes, ONLY for a day! might be 'too much' to be that genius, or selfish ...for longer. and i do think, even just the average person, to actually be able to see, think and feel the world, from someone else's mindset, their perspective...would be fascinating! as much as we're so similar, we all are so different too.


glad at least one person really *gets* it. :P

i'd especially like to visit the brain of an artist, like van gogh or dali (thought maybe only for 15 minutes, might get fried any longer than that lol), or monet or davinci. just the way they saw the world, what details would they notice, what would seem insignificant to me that would be paramount to them.

it'd be a wild trip!

norm

i wanna be hunter thompson




before the bullet wound

decides2dream

chiquimonkey wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

i've thought about this too, when riding the bus to work...something about zoning out on public transportation i think

it would be interesting, like some sort of psychological travel. not sure id' want anybody to journey in my head for a day though :shock:

exactly!


i've often imagined havin ght ehtought process of say einstein...or perhaps picasso...but yes, ONLY for a day! might be 'too much' to be that genius, or selfish ...for longer. and i do think, even just the average person, to actually be able to see, think and feel the world, from someone else's mindset, their perspective...would be fascinating! as much as we're so similar, we all are so different too.


glad at least one person really *gets* it. :P

i'd especially like to visit the brain of an artist, like van gogh or dali (thought maybe only for 15 minutes, might get fried any longer than that lol), or monet or davinci. just the way they saw the world, what details would they notice, what would seem insignificant to me that would be paramount to them.

it'd be a wild trip!

exactly, exactly, exactly!
i always off the top of my head say picasso or einstein. picasso for the art, and sure..larger than life personality and ego ....and einstein for that sheer brain power, most especially b/c it is SO outside my own real abilities. but you GOT it chica....that's what i was thinking, and still think, on the topic. but even looking small-scale...it'd be a helluva trip evn with the average joe...a whole new mind! :shock:




norm.......that could be VERY trippy!

AmentsChick

Nadya Suleman did...'no judgment'

norm

decides2dream wrote:

norm.......that could be VERY trippy!

well yeah that part would be cool but to get into his mind and "see" how he processed what he saw...fascinating

Lizard

AmentsChick wrote:

Nadya Suleman did...'no judgment'

D'oh!!

decides2dream

norm wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

norm.......that could be VERY trippy!

well yeah that part would be cool but to get into his mind and "see" how he processed what he saw...fascinating

absolutely.


whew.....when i first started this thread and no one responded...or responded they were happy being themselves, etc....or the usual 'other stuff' .....i just thought, wtf? no one 'gets' what i am thinking? it's not about not enjoying who you are...it's about the opportunity to experience the world from someone else's mind and eyes. how cool is that? :P


i definitely think people like thompson....picasso.....einstein....etc.....would be the obvious, fascinating choices. but i also think, even the 'average' person...i think of all the shit *I* think about and think up....and i am definitely your 'average person'...so yea....i think many, many people could be VERY interesting, and surprsingly so! :shock: :P

Lizard

Yeah.
Jesus

decides2dream

Lizard wrote:

Yeah.
Jesus

well, i hope you'd like to be him on a GOOD day...like the wedding at canaan or somethin'...making wine and more food. b/c hello, have you seen the passion of the christ?! :shock: not the day i would want to be 'experiencing' jesus! :P


seriously tho....wow....would be cool!

dunkman

decides2dream wrote:

dunkman wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

i've often imagined havin ght ehtought process of say einstein...

the what of Einstein?

"the thought process"



didn't realize my typo is THAT difficult to decifer.

it wasn't... it was funny... hence the winky.. and the smiley.

fucking relax

p.s. its decipher...

decides2dream

dunkman wrote:

it wasn't... it was funny... hence the winky.. and the smiley.

fucking relax

who's excited? :?


thought it was a genuine question....thus trying to be helpful.
my posts must be a laugh riot for you then, chock FULL of numerous typos, always! :P


of course, i'd actually be interested in if you would truly ever wish to be someone else, just to see what it's like? in a serious way. ya know, the thread topic.





*hmmm...funny. *I* am the one who is pedantic, and obsessed with spelling/grammar, etc.....yet it seems to be YOU who contiually points it out to others? interesting.

Heineken Helen

decides2dream wrote:

norm wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

norm.......that could be VERY trippy!

well yeah that part would be cool but to get into his mind and "see" how he processed what he saw...fascinating

absolutely.


whew.....when i first started this thread and no one responded...or responded they were happy being themselves, etc....or the usual 'other stuff' .....i just thought, wtf? no one 'gets' what i am thinking? it's not about not enjoying who you are...it's about the opportunity to experience the world from someone else's mind and eyes. how cool is that? :P


i definitely think people like thompson....picasso.....einstein....etc.....would be the obvious, fascinating choices. but i also think, even the 'average' person...i think of all the shit *I* think about and think up....and i am definitely your 'average person'...so yea....i think many, many people could be VERY interesting, and surprsingly so! :shock: :P

you asked a question and I said 'no'. Really I'd rather leave other peoples minds to themselves... I get confused enough in my own... I'd be in there wondering what the fuck's going on. So it's still no... it's not something i'd ever wish for.

and i've tried thinking 'if I HAVE to name somebody' and there's still nobody whose head i'd wanna be in.

decides2dream

Heineken Helen wrote:

decide2dream wrote:

absolutely.


whew.....when i first started this thread and no one responded...or responded they were happy being themselves, etc....or the usual 'other stuff' .....i just thought, wtf? no one 'gets' what i am thinking? it's not about not enjoying who you are...it's about the opportunity to experience the world from someone else's mind and eyes. how cool is that? :P


i definitely think people like thompson....picasso.....einstein....etc.....would be the obvious, fascinating choices. but i also think, even the 'average' person...i think of all the shit *I* think about and think up....and i am definitely your 'average person'...so yea....i think many, many people could be VERY interesting, and surprsingly so! :shock: :P

you asked a question and I said 'no'. Really I'd rather leave other peoples minds to themselves... I get confused enough in my own... I'd be in there wondering what the fuck's going on. So it's still no... it's not something i'd ever wish for.

and i've tried thinking 'if I HAVE to name somebody' and there's still nobody whose head i'd wanna be in.

fair enough...who questioned otherwise? :?



saying "I'm pretty comfortable being me" to me, after saying no, kinda seemed like you didn't get it fully what i was asking is all. b/c it wasn't about not being comfortable in yourself, but the thought of having someone else's thoughts to try out rather than your own. my inference, of course. anyhoo.....you don't want the experience, cool! a lot of people had a lot of fascinating ideas, so it's all good sharing! personally, i don't need to think of any one particular person to imagine it would be a pretty trippy, and worthwhile experience. even the most mundane of thoughts, to experience in someone else's mind, to me...would be fascinating. to you, not. gotcha.