Interesting point!

We all may be able to dress a certain way to portray an image, or only reveal desired information to others, but I think people can’t help but show their essential personalities. Someone may be able to be an actor, playing a role of a different person, but they can only sustain it for a short time. Eventually, our selves, our personalities, come out and are exposed to others (if we are around others). This is just the impression I have found to be true IME. To isolate from others is very lonely.

It’s a work in progress to try to improve my better traits and curtail my worst ones. My motivation to be better, frankly, is because it makes it easier and more pleasant for me when I’m not locking horns with others. Otherwise, my essential personality feels adequate to me.

I remember feeling envious of a girl in elementary school. She was babyish cute, thumb sucking, and everyone adored her. They were sucking their thumbs to emulate her! I was aware I was not ‘cute’ and felt like her adorableness was more desirable than my personality was. But, that wasn’t true and I got past that quickly. I am who I am. I have other good qualities. I don’t want to be her and be phoney trying to be her. I was disgusted at the fake kids sucking their thumbs…posers!