Are you the "real" you?

To be philosophical about it, you are always the real you no matter what you do. If you do something "out of character", you have already done it as yourself, so it must be the real you. We all want to be something or someone, and the mind is a complex thing. All people pretend, some worse than others. What I think is that you should do what makes you happy. If your actions make you unhappy, then dont do it. If it makes you happy, then keep doing whatever it is you are doing.

No,I'm not real in the job and daily life when I need to prevent and enlarge the communication.What I act is my best.The failure?pain?sadness and other bad things will be hiden to others.I know it's very tire but have no choice,I must adapt to the aggressive society

I am the real me when it comes to anything on the net. Thats why I am afraid because other people might not what they seem to appear here. I was a victim a few years ago and its normal to feel not sure about others.

I have noticed that there are a few people on myLot who are pretending to be something other than what they but they cannot always keep track of their lies. Their behavior is frustrating, but the ones who can keep track of their lies are probably much more dangerous. I think it is better to have credibility than a fairy tale persona. On the other hand, it is just common sense for people to be cautious about how much information they give out about themselves online as there is no true anonymity here. So to be safe and still respectful it is probably best to leave out some details. That makes more sense to me than fabricating.

Sometimes,i will pretend to someone who i admire for.i just want me to be the perfect one.you know.this feeling always put me into a serious trouble,i will miss myself when i chating with some people who did not know me so much.(in chatroom or somewhere). i know it is unreasonable for me to do such things, but,,i am fail to resist the temptation to appear as some perfect man.

I make it my motto to never pretend to anyone and I dont do it. Beign yourself is so much better and you can have fun being you with genuine down to earth people. I have and will continue to be me.

I am always myself , 2 reasons , I think people should know me as I am , I have met quite a few of my online friends and they agree I am the same on and off line , I consider it a lie if I were not me and I just hate lies in any shape or form , so what you see is what you get lol , Nice to meet you xx

I understand that the anonymity that the internet provides sometimes leads to a "change" from who the person is to what the person would like to be or be perceived by others. Personally I prefer to be myself. I like myself LOL . I would say that other than games and places where exaggeration might be a part of the game, people sometimes stretch their real selves a bit more for insecurity then from anything else. If you're comfortable with yourself you usually have no need to do so. I don't really go on chats so I can't talk much about it or what might be ok or not, but if I went there I would prefer to be talking to the real person instead of someone that is giving me a fairy tale version of themselves or telling me what he/she things I would want to hear/read :) BY the same token I would prefer to present myself as myself warts and all - we all have our good points and our weak points, that's what makes us .. well us LOL

I myself don't like to put on a "persona", I am the same way on the internet or telephone, as I am in person! I feel this way because I am proud of the way I am, and I wouldn't want to deceive anybody!