In what age can you consider that you know yourself fully?
By Curlann
@annierose (19554)
Philippines
October 7, 2011 9:25pm CST
I am uncertain if we can know ourselves fully by just depending on our age. However, as we get older, we get more mature. As we meet different people along the way, our horizons widen. We do not limit ourselves with our own opinion, instead we consider others opinion too. We learn how to balance things and make decisions of whether we have to follow our thinking or have to take consideration of others opinion.Do you think, that as a person gets older, the more the chances he gets to know more of himself?
4 responses
@karimjessa (66)
• Canada
8 Oct 11
I think Cyclops1000 is probably right. You'll be lucky if you will ever get to know yourself fully. There are old people whom I know personally who still show no signs of having any self knowledge. So age certainly has nothing to do with self knowledge.
However, if you're an introspective person to begin with, you will probably have a good knowledge of yourself quite early in life. And if you make sure you don't lose your introspection, you can only continue to increase in self knowledge.
It seems as if I'm contradicting myself here. I said age has nothing to do with self knowledge, then I say that if you're introspective you can only increase in knowledge as you grow older. I suppose it all depends upon the type of person you are. The indications will be obvious from a young age.
Just one more thing about age. Just as introspective people increase in self knowledge as they get older, others who are of the opposite character, that is extroverts and unaware of self, also increase in knowledge as they get older. The only difference is, their knowledge will be of others. They will always talk in terms of "I know people."
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
8 Oct 11
Hi!
Good discussion.
I feel by middle age, specially when one gets married and raises kids, one gets to know a lot about himself or herself. I feel knowing about oneself is not difficult or so cumbersome, what is difficult is to know about others. Others include your partner and close friends and colleagues.
I can say that I more or less know about myself.
@lctravenisk (483)
• Brazil
8 Oct 11
I think yes. When we gets older we have stronger opinions and we can make better choices, because we know more about ourselves, what we like and what we dislike.
Of course, it depends of our experiences too. For example, people have more love problems when they are young, because you don't really know what you expect from a partner.
So, we just can know ourselves fully with time and experience. An old person who didn't do anything is his life, probably will never know himself. And a young person needs time to try somethings and know himself better.Happy mylotting.
