Is it good to have a lot of social me's?
Does this give one a strong sense of self or detract from the self?
I believe that it is not a good thing to have many social selves, but it is a good idea to have more than one. If you have many social selves, it becomes harder to keep track of them and stress may build up from having to keep them separate and avoid the wrong people finding one that you do not want them to see. But because of that very reason, it may be important to have more than one social self, if for nothing else, to hide one of the others. Suppose that you are a poet, or an artist, or just very sensitive. You may be perfectly comfortable showing this social me to one group of company, but if you go to a bar, pub, or any other rough place, would you really want to show that side of you? Of course not, because you would be many more times likely to be mugged, made fun of, or just plain unpopular than if you didn’t show that social me, and instead had another one.
Since I believe that ones self is created by all of ones social me’s working together, I believe that having more than one, but not too many social me’s may actually increase your sense of ones self. By making different social me’s, one must focus on what that me is actually like, and in doing so, discover certain aspects that he or she had not been previously aware of. When they are aware of these traits, it helps one to understand oneself better and build an understanding of self, resulting in a stronger sense of self.
Therefore, I feel that it is good to have a few social me’s, but not too many, and that you may actually discover more of yourself than you would otherwise realize by having these social me’s.
-bob
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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