Friday, May 28, 2010
Me, Myself, & I
So, I've recent started watching "United States of Tara" on showtime. (If you've never seen this show, please get into it. Great show) it's all about this woman with multiple personalities and how she and her family deal with this disorder. It got me thinking about how actually everyone has multiple personalities to a certain extent. You have to be work Anthony, friend Anthony, big brother Anthony, etc. The question is... Are we being fake by being these different people or is this just a means of survival? For me, I have different friends for different needs. When the new Harry Potter movie comes out, I know exactly who to call. Or if there was a new art exhibit opening, I have friends for that and never the twine shall meet. I wouldnt ask my work friends to come meet me and others out for drinks. I've never liked mixing my friends and I really don't know why. Sometimes I wonder if I'm being my true self or am I just adapting to my environment and putting on a face? For example, I've been told by my non-black friends that when I get on the phone with my family I have a tendency to talk different... More "black". It's not something that I do on purpose or even notice that Im doing. I just relate to each group in different ways. Is this me being fake? I still feel like myself. I still trust all my friends and feel comfortable enough around them to be myself. It just turns out that my "artsy" self for example is different from my "pop culture" self. I totally know my friends accept me for who I am. I just don't know why I can't be all of myselves around all of my friend. Or why I can't unite all of my friends in a common love for me? Can anyone relate?
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NO ANTHONY, I WOULDN'T CALL IT BEING FAKE I WOULD JUST SAY THAT U HANG AROUND DIFFERENT PPL WITH DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES AND U CANT SAY OR DO CERTAIN THINGS AROUND CERTAIN ONES FOR EXAMPLE: I HAVE A BEST FRIEND THAT I'M ALWAS THERE FOR AND ALWAYS GIVE ADVICE TO, BUT WHEN IM IN NEED OF SOME WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, I CALL EITHER ONE OF THE TWO OF MY CLOSEST FAMILY MEMBER NOT B/C I DON'T WANT TO ASK MY BFF ITS JUST THAT IN THE PAST WHEN I DID, SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. OR ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE MY SISTERS I CAN'T LAUGH TALK JOKE AND PLAY WITH ONE SISTER LIKE I DO WITH THE OTHER. Y, I WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT'S JUST THE WAY SHE ISAND WANT TO ALWAYS LABEL HERSELF AS THE "OUTSIDER " OF THE FAMILY WHEN WE HAVE NEVER GIVEN HER ANY REASONS TO FEEL THIS WAY! SO ITSNOT DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES U JUST LIKE TO HANG OUT WIT DIFFERENT PPL WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
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