What Makes You You?

[heather q]

I gotta be me

What makes me me, that I thought would be simple to answer, but it's not, I try to be genuinely me at all times, but I get a bit bashed around by expectations, other's and my own, so I lose myself, I'd like to persue the thought of who I am or who I want to be, I don't really know right now, quite a good question though. I also like who I am and I like people who are blunt, I am blunt, I understand blunt, I have trouble reading between the lines, if it aint blunt!
It would be good if blunt was more acceptable.
Heather

 

[Jade-]

I genuinely care about people.

If you don't screw me over, I will be your friend for life.

I can be alot of fun.

I like sarcasm.

I'm a good listener.

I'm very curious.

I'm a little ditzy at times.

I'm very loyal.

 

[blazer45]

This is a nice thread. What makes me unique is that i can make everybody around me laugh (sense of humor).:wink: They say am a funny guy. I just want my love ones to be happy and not feel lonely. I'm a kind hearted person.:Hug_emoticon:

 

[junglegirl]

I am pretty but I am intelligent and?,, animated enthusiastic empathic and I love to joke and enjoy being with people. People say I am intelligent but really fun to be with. What makes me unique is my ability to see wholistically how the world works and how language evolved and culture and my connection with animals-i am a dog and horse whisperer so to speak but I connect with all. Animals except humans when they are insensitive. That is why it is so hard for me when I am hurt and I overreact and have a conflict with someone I love bc I love to feel connected and in harmony with all of nature. That intelligence and sensitivity and LOVE! Makes me so special

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Everything I have gone through has made me be the real me. Finally at long last.

 

[Britt.f7]

I'm very sensitive and in tune to things. Sometimes to my detriment. I use to hate that about me, because I was taught it was a weakness. Now, however, I'm learning to love that part of me. It can be a blessing.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

That lucky for me, when I was a small child I must have made the choice to become a good person. That somehow along the way I developed a conscience that knew the difference between what was right and what was wrong.

I was lucky to have a grandmother that once told me she did not like the way we were being raised.

I am now a sympathetic witness in the lives of my family. I am even more than that now. I finally became a real person. I have been through so many years of the darkest hell, but I emerged better than I was.

I could not have done that alone. I had the courage to go and seek help for I knew deep inside that something was very wrong with me.

I started therapy in 1985 and I am real. It sure makes my aging process easier. I am now fifty nine years old.

The one thing that grieves me is the fact that I wasted so many, many years hating myself.

I am real now. I just love the story of the Velveteen Rabbit. I am not a spring chicken anymore, but I am so happy for no reason.

I think I am going to be one of the cool old people in life.

 

[The Albatross]

I don't particularly subscribe to the idea that I or "everybody" is special. It's a statistical bell curve sort of thing.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

That somehow when I was a child, I made the decision to be better than my abusive parents. And it has stuck with me my entire life.

 

[Lionheart]

The fact that I chose not to be abusive to others; that I am empathic and compassionate person with high personal values.

 

[roaminggnome]

My ability to overcome adversity.

 

[violetclouds]

Wow - wish I could answer that question - my traumas began so soon after birth that I don't really know. I was also basically 'trained' to be the person I am by an unrelenting taskmaster and have no idea who the real 'me' is or what she is like.