I Am Glad People Can't Read My Thoughts

So....it has been asked, discussed and debated to each one of us about the real me (you). And it will be a topic of interest throughout your time here.

I'm definitely real, but I'm certainly not the whole me here. Anyone here has access to see a side of my mind and my feelings that I would never expose in public around people in the "real" world....sure my humor is the same and my name is the same, hell, my dogs are the same. But I have obligations in life that limit the amount of emotion that I can show, and I have tines when I'm so terrible that I'd never even be able to talk about it here.

My concern is, simply put, are we ever the "real" us? Surely we can't be the same character sitting at church on Sunday (or your chosen day) that we are Saturday night at the bar. We aren't the same around strangers at the grocery store as we are with our partners and families at home. Personally, if I around my parents the way I do around my friends, my mom would still have no problem dealing with me. But in any scenario, I am the real me.

Maybe we're all far too complex to be just one "real" us and we have sides that shine equally under different lights....

Or....I could just be confusing myself.

AuRevoir · 36-40, M

I feel less open with strangers in person. 🤔 Which I've been trying to work on... Still difficult. I feel I made a bad impression the other day.

I was in a building full of people, just staring around the room, looking for a memory or feeling, that I just couldn't find.

Around my family I get more sad and negative, if there's nothing to distract me from small talk. Which I've also been trying to work on as well.

And then ironically, even though I vent at times here. Internet land I'm able to reach higher peaks, be more creative and friendly. Sociable and more humorous.

Maybe it's just about polishing each parts of ourselves we feel in these certain situations?