Well a lot of people say just be your self but some times you can get the feeling that its not good enough. You will worry what other people think some of us seem to think we need to think we need to bend over backwards to gain the approval of other people whether it be for family, friends, or society in general. I think what matters the most is that you do your best in life and do whatever it takes to make you happy even if that sometimes means going against the grain. The question i present to you here on this topic is a somewhat more important question than hows other feel about you. What do you think of your self? what kind of person would you describe your self as? this thread could be closed but ima ask the question any way see how many replies i can get on this what i need for you to do is please give more than a one sentence answer if you can!

I can't stand myself if I'm honest.

I try my best...ish in life and be as nice and decent a person I can, I stick by my principles and morals which I've outlined for myself yet I still can't help but hate myself. The only thing I can see going for myself socially would be my sense of humour, though even that I doubt, so if I'm not of any particular worth to others, why should I be of any particular worth to myself? Others shape the life I experience, so if I can't be memorable or of value to them, then I can't really be much of a person at all.

Also, I have no aims or goals in life and believe in nothing, so I'm a bit of an empty shell really, devoid of purpose or intent, and I dislike this situation greatly, as I'm just living for the sake of living currently...

Or something...

What kind of person I would describe for myself...I'm usually quiet, shy and boring. Do I think there are things that I should be doing that I'm not? Certainly. Why am I not doing them? Sometimes the opportunity is just not there, my beliefs conflict with what I think I should be doing, I'm scared, or just not interested. I hate myself for that, but I'm also glad for some of the stuff I've been able to accomplish. I guess that's what's most frustrating about myself...the fact that I should be doing something but something translucent gets in the way and I'm not totally sure how to get to it.

I'll try not to mix interest and personality, am always devoted in what I do, and if i don't like something, i'll definitely not do it, unless there's a really logical reason for me to do it, always honest, whatever the circumstance, and if i can't say what i have to say in a decent (non hurting way) i'll just use sarcasm, and make my thoughts clear and loud, am straight on what i believe most of the time, if am on the right, am on the right at 200%, and if am on the left, i'll e on the left at 200%, that's how i define myself, but most of the time, i found myself to be out of range or undefined, example, there are guys who are obsessed by girls (right) and guys who like guys (left) and me i like animes (out of range) lol, okay, back to serious, what else can be said, the thing is, it's tough to describe a 21 year old guy in 21 words, or 21 sentence you bet
and replying to a part of your post "sometime it feels like it's not enough", you do eat, but it's never enough, still you keep eating, why should it be different about being ourself? just because it's not enough we have to stop, and be someone else? there's no sense, do you agree?

Thank god I'm over it, that's the first thing that comes to my mind when answering your question. I used to feel like I needed to bend the rules or whats wrong and right from my perspective to please my family and friends but now that I'm older, I realize that I don't need to do these things anymore. I'm very happy with my self these days to the point where I really don't care about what others might think of me. Life is too short to be concerned about those things so I try to do what is right for me and what makes me happy all the time, which is one of the reasons why I joined this community to begin with.

I feel that I've mostly accepted myself for who I am. I mean I like that things that I like and I am the way that I am. Sometimes, I question myself: am I strong enough? am I smart enough? why are so many people smarter than me? Why am I so indecisive? Etc. etc. Everyone has flaws, no one can be perfect and that's what makes us human. I mean, I don't have to worry about pleasing everyone, it's just not possible. But just because it's not possible doesn't mean we don't try and I think that trying is good enough and it should be enough. I know that I am a young, undecisive, naive, questioning teenager and I'm allowed to wonder who I am for the rest of my life if I want to.

I am who i am... most people won't accept me for what i am and try to change me .. but i am who i am..

i am non conventional... i am not the type of guy who follows a crowd but rather the guy who leads the crowd.. i do not think the way the society normal thinks and would be the first one to raise a voice...some people hate me for that and say that i have a superiority complex... but it is not.. i believe what i believe that is all...

I find it a bit hard to answer your question

But I think its the "just be yourself" kind of thinking.

For me, I don't really care what other people think of me. You don't have to follow people.
Permanent things like your face, eyes, etc.. Well you have to accept them for what they are.
But non-permanent things like your clothes and belongings, when people criticize them, I will say to them, "welcome to my world :D"
Other things like attitude, can be improved by the way you you think and behave. It can be improve when needed. Try doing a reality check, I guess..

Well I believe how you think of yourself or how you act is greatly influenced by the way your brought up, and the surroundings you grow up in. Thankfully I have been lucky enough to have grown in an accepting and open environment. I have always felt support from both my family and friends in every aspect, so I really can just be myself and that's more than enough for them and me. ^-^

Also, I have no aims or goals in life and believe in nothing, so I'm a bit of an empty shell really, devoid of purpose or intent, and I dislike this situation greatly, as I'm just living for the sake of living currently... Or something...

you're same like me, not living, just surviving

I'm confident the way I'm now, but sometime I can see through me without hearing the other talk about me, even when they complaint about my troublesome I cause to them!But I can't hate it, face to it I can see the way I change myself better!Of course everyone doesn't want to harm anyone else, right, then change to be better it's not a bad ideal at all.
A few years ago I don't think that I can change mayself to me today but now when i think about it, I feel refresh and proud of it!
But I feel bad that i can't do anything to help my friend take over his hard time. His girlfriend betrayed him, he can't now stand on his own legs, and he doesn't trust anyone else but himself. He even wants to commit suicide.
I do think that anyone else but himself can help him but commit suicide, I did it once but not success, that time I thought that the best way to felt free but now I'm glad that have changed my mind to think anew about it, everyone has only one life to live on, that's why treasure it, and live with beautiful memories and have fun, be optimist about tomorrow, forget about your own problem, try to overcome it and be always joyful your life!That's what i have learned to live through hard time!I adviced it tm my friend but not everyone can get through it!So ... I'm really a lucky one!^_^

I think that I am a very unique and interesate
I'm not too conceited and original things I care of others I like taking care of myself and no more models
But the truth is that I look around me and I see a selfish world I feet that we can change this

I’m withdrawn from everyone and everything right now in this stage of my life. Why is this you ask? Simple I was born in to a typical family based on lies, I know this happens within every family but mine was a special case, well to me anyway. I used to be very kind and caring, smiled all the time when I was a child right through to my teenage years and I would receive comments like Katelyn why are you always smiling, why are you always happy? I my myself did not understood why I smiled and laughed so frequently but in later years I found out that I did those things as a mechanism to protect myself from what was happening around me.

I remember the constant abusive actions that would take place in my home and till this very day I shudder at the sound of a breaking glass because of it. My step father was a very hard man, he liked things in order and women were considered second class citizen to him so as I child I was expected to do chores just like any other normal child would, but my case had a more terrible force behind it. It was such a huge contrast for me, for my real or biological father was a very kind man, and I learned a lot from him, he’s never attempted to hit his children, whenever I did anything wrong he would always stoop down and talk to me about it, he treated me with respect and I recognized this and loved him for it. My mother was a very irrational woman; she used to hit me for the most frivolous things you could think of. Now she tells me that she did those things because she had a hard life and blah blah, sorry there were too many nonsense in what she said so I’ll just stop here. But I’ve come to realize that most “parents” are not very special at all, they’re just your typical average beings living their lives, to tell you the truth, I bear no hatred towards some mothers who abort their child or even discards them from an early age because they know that they won’t be able to do squat for them so why not leave them in the hands of the world, I won’t say God for I believe there is no such thing. For clarification, I only feel this way about mothers who have been abused sexually and have no other means of protecting themselves. I DO NOT sympathized with any woman from any country who voluntarily engages in the activity of creating another life out of selfishness or whatever, these women know what they’re doing and thus should be held accountable for the consequences of their actions.

Like my mother who believes she did the greatest thing in the world be giving birth to me PLEASE, as if I ever asked for this life in the first place! Thanks to her and a few others I’ve become this hollow shell of a human being, I hate and I do it passionately. How do I feel about myself you ask? I don’t know, I really don’t know, why don’t you draw your own conclusion after hearing what I’m about to say. I will never have any children of my own for when I die, I do not want to leave any trace of my existence behind. I want to go back in to a state of nothingness with no strings attached. If I could somehow bring my family to this hell that so many have spoken of, I would gladly forfeit my life in a second to do so. Right now I’m just living; I’m doing what’s necessary to carry on for I don’t ever want to answer to anyone and I prefer to be alone. I find that when you’re miserable you tend to live a long and agonizing life so I at least want to make sure that if I ever do live to see my old age, I won’t end up on the streets, I work and try to build up a good pension plan.

The only plans I have in the near future is to own a property cause seeing how my life has been going so far, I might never be one of those lucky people who dies in their sleep for unknown reasons or get hit by bus and dies instantly. No, I will suffer this life till the bitter end I’m sure of it, so why not make some good with it by doing things that fascinates me. I like watching animes and movies, reading books, browsing the internet and how could I forget the most important thing of them all, I LOVE FOOD!

The friends that I thought were true friends have pissed off and have reduced the number of people that I socialized with today to only two, that’s all I can think of off the top of my head right now anyway, these two, I speak with on a regular basis. I’m definitely not a happy person I know this for sure but it varies from day to day, I’ve got so much anger and hatred build up inside me to the point where I find myself taking advantage of certain situation where when I encounter ignorant bastards who think that they can make a fool out of me, expecting me to be timid and scared, they are always in for the shock of their lives, if you can’t have a decent confrontation with me and you feel like I’m so useless to the point where you need to throw punch, prepare to die, for I won’t tolerate it, not anymore not from anyone.

I’m known as crazy Katelyn to a lot of people around here and they don’t ever dare to take me on so I ask you, what kind of person am I? How do you see me? I’m just living not happy not sad, just living! I don’t know of any other way to describe myself sorry.

I dont have a good view about myself, i know my streanght and my weaknesses and thats something wich not getting all the most time.
Im a loner and have no people around me in Real life but the most time i wish to rely on others but to know that it is impossible for me makes me often depressive and automaticly i shut down myself from others buton the other side i wish to be alone because life is easier if nobody stands in you way.
Im one of those people want to stand their ground and want to show people that i dont need them and that soceity isnt everything.
I have a lot of pride so if a have fight with someone i wont back down and even if my opinion is the wrong one i dont want to show weakness.
I have a Dream in my life and think that i have to do everything what is necessary to reach it even if it is beyond humanay thinking so thats one reason why iam loner.
In short or long i think the Sciety would describe me as a sort of Looser but if i have to the describe myself in one word i think it would be "Proud"
Since my only friend moved away a long time ago iam alone and hide myself in the internet to fogett about the loniness in real life.
I have no real family support or someone who is interessted in what iam doing or thinking i spend a lot of time in questioning in the meaning of my life and i learn that the Day will come i will reach my dream and have the peace and streangh to live one more time and become a new person one day

Everyone said something relevant, in view of my relevant posts being called "discourteous" I will just say this

I am the best
forget the rest
learn from the best
eat dust from my vest

*fhoops* (dress on the vest)

*acts cool*

F*ck yeah, I am awesome.

LOL just like Obama