Do you ever feel like you don't know who you are?!


Question: Do you ever feel like you don't know who you are!?
I know this is a crazy question, but I was just wondering if anyone felt the same way!. I feel like I can't define myself!. Like sometimes I think I'm successful and other times I see myself as a failure!. I suffer from depression if that helps to put this question into perspective!. Please, no rude answers!. Thanks!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


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honestly!? yes!. all the time!. because I truthfully dont know who I am!. I dont have a favorite anything, i'm not especially good at anything!. I have nothing that singles me out and makes me special!. I dont even have a "best" friend or one certain crush!. sorry!. that must have been the world's worst answer because that probably didn't help at all, but I can say this!. you aren't alone!. nobody, no matter what they say out loud, is ever truely confident with themselves!. hope that last bit might have helped in the slightest, haha!. <3 peaceWww@Answer-Health@Com

Who you are is really a transitive question!. How you define yourself makes this question a lot easier!. Do you define yourself in terms of material possesions, or levels of achievement (getting a raise), etc!? If you do, your sense of self is on really shaky ground, because what happens when you lose all your material possesions and levels of achievement (say you get fired)!? You are left with insecurity and confusion!.

I too suffer from depression, and I understand what you're going through!. Try to think of 'you' in a very flexible way!. You are allowed to change, and many experiences in your life will make some of your deeply ingrained beliefs change, or the mindset about the world you live in will also change!. Perspective is everything!. Don't be too hard on yourself!.

Good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I understand, I've felt the same way before!. I've found that you cant try and find an ultimate definition for yourself because where always changing!. The key is that where in control, and can choose to be and fit in any group or type of person we want to!. I've also got depression and it's easy to have that roller coaster effect and can't determine if your successful or a failure!. Remember, if you feel you've tried your best with something, you've got nothing to feel bad about yourself for, there's always endless opportunities to try again and take any new direction you choose!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Aristotle may not have agreed, but knowing yourself is one of the hardest things to come to!. Most people (especially intelligent people) will never know themselves fully because they will be perpetually changing!. Your indecision over your "success" is completely normal; for one thing, you have to define success, which is hard enough-- for another, you must identify yourself, which is even harder!.

I live this way!. I decide what it is I expect from myself that I have not yet completed!. I do my best to be autonomous (monetarily) and open minded (emotionally/creatively)!. I try to reason my way through things without my emotions driving my motives!.

Hope this helps!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I think I know exactly what you are talking about!. Are there ever times when you feel like you are facing a plain white wall!? If I had my guess I would say you probably came from a family that was not encouraging!.!.!.I bet you were belittled a lot!. You haven't had enough feedback from the people in your life to know where you stand!. This can happen if the family is too controlling or under controlling!. There must be a fine balance of discipline for the kid to reach out and not be afraid to try new things so he can discover his God given talents!. After all God promised all of us at least one gift or more!. Don't wait to get in there and start living your life!. I am 61 and am just now learning to swim, ride horses, and paint!. It is wonderful and I really like who I have become!. I wish I had not waited so long to start really living so that I could have contributed more to society!. Lack of sleep, lack of activity, improper diet, illness or hormone imbalance can lead to depression!. See a doctor to make sure there is not something medical going on with you!. It is perfectly normal to be sad once-in-awhile after all the shortest verse in scripture is, "Jesus wept"!. If it was okay for Him then is okay for the rest of us to have that emotion!. We are also blessed with other emotions such as excitement, joy, love, etc!. Hope this helps!. MmmWww@Answer-Health@Com

Do you literally mean you look in the mirror and dont recognise yourself!? If that is the case then dissociation would be a word that comes to mind!.

In times of extreme stress it is possible for your percetion of yourself to become so distorted that you momentarily dont recognise the person in the mirror - like there is a stranger looking back at you!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

you are in good company!. that question has been asked by some of the greatest minds the world has ever known!. That is the question that most of us spend our entire lives trying to answer!. who you are is constantly changing!. I personally think that the answer to that question will be different every time you ask it!. Life has ups and downs and those ups and downs or how we handle them are what helps to shape who we are!. dont ever stop asking that question it will help you to think about your choices and the way you live!. and who knows maybe when you are quite old you will be able to look back and actually put an answer to who you are!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Your 'self esteem' took a knock somehow!. Depression has many coats - define what depresses you and why!.!. that way you'll realise what is bugging you!. There is only one person that looks after number one, and that's you! Get help if you must, and do it soon!. Your life is important to you, so do something concrete about your problem!. Hang in there!Www@Answer-Health@Com

I dont feel that way!. But if your'e feeling something like that in your life, maybe you should examine yourself and know what you want and dont like, your objective, the way you see things!. Just be honest with yourself!. Know your purpose in life, everyone in this world has a reason of being here, alive!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Hiiiya,
I think that you need to do more things to find out WHO you are and What YOU like! This should help you understnad a bit more aboiut yourself!.

Not much of an answer sorry!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Yes!. I don't any hobbies which define me!.
I have no idea what my future will be like!.
I don't know what my strongest qualities are!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Yes!. But im only 14 (lol)Www@Answer-Health@Com

Every day we all do that is the thing we are all hiding you will be fineWww@Answer-Health@Com





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