Can you describe yourself?

Well, do you think you can really describe yourself? I personally don't think that anyone can. The way I look at it, you might think of yourself as one thing, but everyone else thinks of you as the exact opposite. For example, if someone asks you to describe yourself, you could say, "Well, I'm good looking, funny, blah blah blah...." When in fact, everyone that you know thinks of you as average looking and has a bad sense of humor. So what do you think? Can you describe yourself?

I think the general consensus with me has been unanimous. Intimidating in person. But all around nice guy.:D

To answer the question - Yes. I can. But I will not do it here because one of things about me is that I don't like to talk about myself.

I don't think I could describe myself successfully. Then again my view of myself is probably the opposite of what other people see as well.

Like the honest opinion of myself is that I'm ugly, but people keep telling me I'm not so go figure.

Originally posted by darkness
I don't think I could describe myself successfully. Then again my view of myself is probably the opposite of what other people see as well.

Like the honest opinion of myself is that I'm ugly, but people keep telling me I'm not so go figure. Ditto. :)

The Johari window is like a box divided into 4 sections.

The first section is what you know about you that others know
The second section is what you know about you that others don't know.
The third section is what you don't know about you that others do know.
The fourth section is that which you don't know about you and neither do others...

Another way to look at it is understanding perception is to use the filter model. Reality is a constant but each of us uses different perceptual filters to create our perception of reality. Each filter may add or take from reality - these are influenced by many factors including our senses, our internal models of the world, other environmental factors (eg noise, distractions etc).

Our own internal image of ourselves is what we perceive ourselves to be. Each of those who has contact will view the reality and attach meaning to actions or stimuli to create a perception. The easiest example of this is the thread with pics of AF members. From the stimuli we had (ie our emails) we had created perceptions of what others looked like - but their actual appearance surprised many.

I'd perceive that some of you will have already have a perception of what kind of persion, Replicant_008 is depending on what I've posted. These will be different because some of you have read different things I have posted - certainly I think SaturnTangerine's perception of Replicant is different from Spec2Girl's or even Moss106GTI and almost certainly the perception will be different to some of the folk I have travelled with...

Each of these are correct though... they are individually perceptions though often different are still as valid as others - depending on the level of information. None really reflect reality entirely but they never will...

Originally posted by YellowMaranello
Well, do you think you can really describe yourself? I personally don't think that anyone can. The way I look at it, you might think of yourself as one thing, but everyone else thinks of you as the exact opposite. For example, if someone asks you to describe yourself, you could say, "Well, I'm good looking, funny, blah blah blah...." When in fact, everyone that you know thinks of you as average looking and has a bad sense of humor. So what do you think? Can you describe yourself? I whole-heartedly agree. I think that trying to describe yourself is an act of shoveling shit. Who you are, as you try to describe yourself, is really just a series of thought patterns and emotions, that only have relevence to certain things. You may be short-tempered in some ways, patient in others. Compassionate in some ways, apathetic in others. Etc. I think that all you can do when describing yourself is make generalizations, or even, if you want to go so far as to call them this, "stereotypes."

This reminds me of that old proverb: "all generalizations are false." There's a little food for thought, eh?

Replicant: you are an interesting fellow with an extraordinary perspective of the world. Very impressed with your posts, including the one you have made above! That is a slick way to divide up a "person," in terms of varying viewpoints that form a unified perception.

I can describe how I perceive myself to be,and I can describe how various other people see me,but the person that is 'me' is a different guy to every person who sees me.

Well placid, patient, shy and thoughtful are ones everyone agrees with me on, but others think I am intimidating and arrogant, which I think I am not, we all have different opinion of ourslves compared to what others think.


Replicant- Excellent post, I may just show this to some others who may be interested :cool:

I don't know or understand myself so describing myself to others is very difficult indeed. So I'll let you make you own conclusions as to who or what I am

I normally just answer questions when people ask. If they want to know, I ask them what it is they want to know. Then come the questions. It's easier that way 'cause then you don't sit there saying "Uhhh.....uhhh" and they'll ask what they really want to know with out you giving to much info.

it would be rather difficult to describe myself as i am never the same person twice. i am a different person with each of my friends depending on their needs and styles of thought. i think act feel and respond when in the company of one friend differently than i do with another. the differences are subtle but still there. some of my ways of being are kept back in the shadows with certain people and are brought into the forefront when with others. i have never seen the complete me, just certain parts at different times. i look at myself like a jigsaw puzzle that hasn't been completed, i can see some of me here and some over here and several other pieces scattered around, even some pieces that are still laying face down, but never the complete picture of who i am.

Wow, replicant, the way you divided the different perceptions is amazing. I'm sorry but I'm not a very philosophical person myself but I love hearing different viewpoints and I believe that you are never the same person everyday. For example, you might be in a bad mood one day and be a b*tch and the next day you're so happy that you love everyone ... therefore, I think it depends on the day, the mood, and the company you are with, the way you are or atleast the way you act.

This one is easy! My wife would describe me as an @sshole! I would tend to agree!:D

Look at my username. That's pretty much the level of how people would describe me...

a truthful description of myself : unlike anyone else, unique, my own person, whatever kind of person I feel like being.

Looking at the question as a general one: can a person describe themselves adequately - yes I believe they can, given enough navel-gazing, or self-analysis or whatever you might want to call it. I know myself pretty well (I have to, in order to understand my reactions to patients properly), and therefore I think I could describe myself pretty well. That might not be the same description others would give, but the difference would simply be in what I don't put "out there" as it were. In other words, I know more about me than others (except Andy) see, and therefore could describe myself better than them. :p

I am always the same person. Me. That person slowly evolves as time goes by, and at times is a nice guy, at times is an asshole. That person always tries to think things over, and figure things out, before coming to a decision on them.

Coming to a decision on myself, I haven't got a clue. I'm described many different ways by many people, because of what facets of my personality I show to them, but I think if I tried to sum up all the facets of my personality, I would come to one conclusion.

I am a contradiction. This leads to my thoughts about Celtic/Viking paganism, and chiefly of the balance of all things, including every pole of myself.

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i think im a prick, jerk, ahole. i dont know why i should act anyother way. but i do give respect when its do. :)

i'm a self-centered egotistical bastard.. :licka:
but i'm also the opposite..

Im an arsehole and I know thats what people think of me.
I also speak my mind and will not hesitate to tell someone what I think of them; although this has got me close to being banned a few times here.

i think im a prick, jerk, ahole. i dont know why i should act anyother way. but i do give respect when its do. :)
right there with you

To answer the question - Yes. I can. But I will not do it here because one of things about me is that I don't like to talk about myself.

I am the same way I only talk about myself if it will make people laff