Why are people afraid to be them fucking selves?

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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,964
    because people don't like be rejected and often feel if they are themselves they will be rejected. this is a trait in the younger generation because grade school and high school are for conformists. As you grow older I think most people realize that the teen bs of acting like others want you to is crap and unneeded. a lot of people don't like or trust themselves. it took me a long time to truly like myself but once I became happy with myself I stopped caring what others thought of me.
  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    JordyWordy wrote:
    ahh now, give people a break, some people need time to get comfortable with themselves.

    at first i thought the thread title said "why are people afraid to fuck themselves?" ...i have to admit im kinda disappointed!
    I don't think anyone's afraid of that :P

    I don't know.. I'd bet there are definitely people who are afraid of that.. :?
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    dcfaithful wrote:
    soulsinging wrote:
    That's right Wendy, we all wear masks, metaphorically speaking.

    Wow. A quote from a ridiculously stupid, yet funny movie that I haven't heard for a long time.

    Thanks for making me laugh my ass off!

    My pleasure. I'm not sure how I ever remembered that, and I'm even less sure that that's a good thing, but fuck it eh?
  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    soulsinging wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    soulsinging wrote:
    That's right Wendy, we all wear masks, metaphorically speaking.

    Wow. A quote from a ridiculously stupid, yet funny movie that I haven't heard for a long time.

    Thanks for making me laugh my ass off!

    My pleasure. I'm not sure how I ever remembered that, and I'm even less sure that that's a good thing, but fuck it eh?

    damn straight if thats who you are..a guy who likes random quotes, then go for it. Just be your fucking self man!

    im gona go out and be my fucking self tonight, get hammered, possibly to an ignorant extent, maybe even get a little sleazy...i cant wait. and im not afraid. not afraid even an ickle icklle bit.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    JordyWordy wrote:
    damn straight if thats who you are..a guy who likes random quotes, then go for it. Just be your fucking self man!

    im gona go out and be my fucking self tonight, get hammered, possibly to an ignorant extent, maybe even get a little sleazy...i cant wait. and im not afraid. not afraid even an ickle icklle bit.

    “I hate turkeys. If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad a turkeys. There's turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastromi. Some one needs to tell the turkey, man, just be yourself."
    - Mitch Hedberg
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    I'm myself and don't pretend to be anything I'm not. Sometimes that's good and sometimes it's bad. Oh well.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    soulsinging wrote:
    JordyWordy wrote:
    damn straight if thats who you are..a guy who likes random quotes, then go for it. Just be your fucking self man!

    im gona go out and be my fucking self tonight, get hammered, possibly to an ignorant extent, maybe even get a little sleazy...i cant wait. and im not afraid. not afraid even an ickle icklle bit.

    “I hate turkeys. If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad a turkeys. There's turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastromi. Some one needs to tell the turkey, man, just be yourself."
    - Mitch Hedberg

    :lol: that guy was such a hero, god love him.
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  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    Jeremy's Spoken wrote:
    It's so annoying. Not admitting to liking this or that, so they bash it. But deep down they know the truth.


    Well, I'll tell you why I personally cannot be myself (at work). I am the only conservative in a workplace full of liberals. They hate Republicans with a passion and if I were to tell them that I didn't vote for Obama, I would honestly, most likely lose my job. These "open-minded" individuals would find a reason to fire me, but of course they would already hate me, so I probably would be glad to leave at that point.
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    Jeremy's Spoken wrote:
    It's so annoying. Not admitting to liking this or that, so they bash it. But deep down they know the truth.


    Well, I'll tell you why I personally cannot be myself (at work). I am the only conservative in a workplace full of liberals. They hate Republicans with a passion and if I were to tell them that I didn't vote for Obama, I would honestly, most likely lose my job. These "open-minded" individuals would find a reason to fire me, but of course they would already hate me, so I probably would be glad to leave at that point.

    Ah, well work is a different story. Politics and religion are hot button issues and it's best not to discuss those topics your job. I don't think that's necessarily acting like someone your not.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    Because it's easier to be someone else..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    i yam what i yam.............

    im the same idiot in person.....
    that i am on this board.................................................


    You always bring a smile to my face Speedy! :mrgreen::mrgreen:
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    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    People are scared of what others think. They try and take on a new persona to keep others happy. In turn people would be more happier if you are who you are.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I'd rather be hated for who I am than admired for who I am not.

    What I can't stand is when someone who dislikes someone is friendly and fake to them.
    If you don't like somebody make it clear through being cold, giving the cold shoulder, not talking to them etc
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  • pearljgirl2010
    pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    edited April 2009
    sometimes it's too easy to get caught up. i've been married for 6 years, and somewhere along the way I lost myself. now that we're things aren't going so well, I can find out where I went and bring myself back.
    Post edited by pearljgirl2010 on
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  • stickfig13
    stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    eMMI wrote:
    the times when I would not be myself are very few.

    there are moments when I absolutely must get along with some people so sometimes I have to "push back" some of my delightful qualities. :lol:

    but other than that, I'm very much being me. on message boards and real life.

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