Do you think people know "the real you"?

[fuzzybuddy]

Not that you're a Mr. Hyde/Dr. Jeckel person, but we all have secrets. They are not huge evil secrets, but we all have 'em.
Do you think people know "the real you", or a version of you?

 

[George1959]

No, they don't. Even I don't know my real self. I'm still searching.

 

[carouselsilver]

No. I am very often misunderstood.

 

[Pinky]

Nope.

 

[Remy]

We all have to put different personas out in different situations. I can't scream at everyone I want to.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Definitely NO! People believe what people on the internet tell them and believe the photos are real and there’s nothing I can do about it.

 

[Murrmurr]

I'm gonna say No as well. I think maybe 2 or 3 people do.

One does, for sure, but he probably doesn't know it. I'm thinking of my youngest son, because he's just like me. On the inside, I mean - his character and ethics, his attitude and his perspective on life.

But maybe I don't know him as well as I think I do.

 

[Pepper]

I'm pretty much an open book. I'm lazy and not very smart sometimes. As my sister would say "If you don't like it, lump it."

 

[DaiwaGuy]

Not that you're a Mr. Hyde/Dr. Jeckel person, but we all have secrets. They are not huge evil secrets, but we all have 'em.
Do you think people know "the real you", or a version of you?

Very, very few. I am not acceptable to the masses.

 

[dilettante]

At home, at work, with friends, with strangers. I think we have different roles and we play them. I'm not sure there is anything wrong with that, it is probably a natural thing and possibly the responsible thing.

A Dad can't be a kid. A supervisor can't be a pal. A group can't have all leaders or all followers.

But I can't talk. I'm such a tight-lipped enigma here on SF.

 

[RadishRose]

I never thought of it. So, I really don't know.

 

[oldaunt]

Nope. Don't think anyone actually tried.

 

[dobielvr]

They think they do...But I don't think they do.

 

[hollydolly]

People like to think they know me. They'll say '' you like such and such...or, you would do or say such a thing''...

...but they're wrong. I'm often shocked at how people who I would expect to know me.. just get it all wrong!

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Exceptionally private person here….

 

[officerripley]

I don't think most people even remember my existence, let alone know the real me.

 

[Lewkat]

No.

 

[chic]

Yes, I think people do know me pretty well. Whatcha see is whatcha get. I've never made a mystery of my likes or dislikes.

 

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[DebraMae]

No, I am a legend in their own minds.

 

[Old_Dame]

Yes. There are some individuals who are acquainted with my public self. There are a few close, intimate individuals I embrace and share my private life with. As for my secret self, since I live a solitary life, I’m free to live it secretly, freely.

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[Gary O']

Do you think people know "the real you", or a version of you?

Don't know
Don't care much

Don't feed me for awhile and the real me will probably emerge

 

[jujube]

The "real" me is very shy. The "public" me is a class clown. I've buried the real me deep, but I let it out sometimes.

 

[hollydolly]

When we say NO to the Question in the OP..it could be inferred that we spend our lives hiding our real personas''... but that's not the case with me, like @chic ''what you see is what you get''.. and what you hear are my real thoughts... yet somehow people get me all wrong.. all the time..

 

[Warrigal]

My son, who now lives alone in another city, rings me fairly often for a chat and he is learning quite a lot about me as a result. He is discovering the totality of his mother and the darling boy says I am awesome.

I am much less inhibited these days about talking about myself to family members. When I was young I would be much more sharing with a stranger on a train than I ever would be with family or work colleagues. Being judged by a stranger is not important but to be judged negatively by close relatives or friends is a daunting prospect. If people do not know "the real me" it is because we have not yet revealed our real selves.