Do you feel like you really know yourself?

I really don’t know what it is I don’t know about myself until it occurs to me that I know something new about myself. Therefore, while I feel I know myself well, it can be merely an illusion constructed for security purposes, and I may not actually know myself at all.

besides, I’d like to think that there is a little bit more adventure to be had in the spontaneity of not knowing the entirety of one’s self

Don’t worry. I am a completely different person than I was at 20. I’m 26. I figure in 6 more years I will be even better.

Right now, I can’t honestly say that I do. I’m currently a freshman in high school and the words of a man from a lecture last year are still ringing in my head. (paraphrased):

“High school is a whole new game. Your whole life will change. Some of the people who were your best friends will grow away from you, while people you never expected to befriend will become close friends.”

My whole life is spinning around me at 1,000,000 rpm. I have no idea who any of my friends are, and I’m really starting to look at things differently now. I have a whole new outlook on life.

Oh, I don’t think I really knew myself until my late 30s! Of course there’s always room to learn a little more…I can still do some incredibly stupid things that surprise me to no end.

nope

I don’t think that anyone will ever truly and completely know themselves…you’re always changing, whether you know it or not. To add to that, there are always those little things that you learn about yourself from time to time that you might have never realized before, and those subconscious things that you might never know.

There is always more to learn. For example, if anyone had told me that 1) I would own a cat at my age, 2) I would fall head over heels for him at my age and 3) I will never return him to my daughter, I would have thought you were crazy.

And here I sit, watching another 12 inches of snow falling, wondering whether I will be able to get Milo to his monthly manicure tomorrow.

@aanuszek1:

High schoolers tend to adopt a whole new “oh-so-enlightened” outlook each year, I wouldn’t think much of it. Or, rather, adopt that view knowing that you have literally no idea of the world after high school, and be content to constantly adjust your view for your entire life.

I tend to think very few of us know who we really are.

From personal experience and from people I’ve spoken with throughout the years:

Life completely changes when you get to high school (and while you’re there you know EVERYTHING.) Again when you get out. Around your mid 20’s it does a bit more shifting. At 30 you should start feeling like you’ve got it all figured out then realize that you have no idea. 40 is another new adventure where you figure out how retarded you were your whole life up to that point. “Your life starts at 50” ... or so I’ve been told. 60’s the new 50. It goes on and on.

Basically, your 1st career, 1st house, 1st marriage, 1st kid, 1st time on unemployment, 1st time in jail, and 1st retirement (before you go back to work to pay your bills), and all the other 1st you encounter along life’s path will change you. You will figure out who you are about 6–7 seconds before you die. Until then… stop trying and just enjoy life.

There’s always more to learn.

@ everyone who said there’s more to come:
I think this is what I am figuring out… I kind of like the idea though. I just wanted to make sure I was not alone in this.

First time in jail? Have I missed a life-affirming experience. Should I rush out and hold up a gas station or mug a little old lady? (Oh wait, that would be me.)

You can get thrown in jail for just about anything now-a-days, but I would hope they wouldn’t actually “throw” an old lady. Maybe just shove ya little with a bit of ”get your a$$ in there” to keep up appearances.

Damn jaywalkers

I agree with the others above – I’m constantly learning more about myself. Since I’m always changing, it’s like a game of catch-up.

I’ll add prison to my list of things to try.

Only recently have I started finding out who I truly am, and I am not satisfied with my findings. Recently I learned I may have a serious Psychological Disorder. If anyone cares to remember, I put a glimpse of it up here on Fluther, looking for help. But now it is even worse; I have a label. Now I can’t even look myself in the mirror and see the person I once was, only what I have become. Lately the real me has been fleshing out and right now I can’t clarify if it is a good thing or a bad thing.

@enzo: Being the ‘real’ you is never a bad thing, even if parts of the real you are ‘bad’. That’s not to say that you should follow any impulse regardless of it’s merit, but you should be aware of them. Being true to yourself can help you acheive that.

@Augustian: If I followed my impulses, many bad things would happen. And I’m still the same person, I just wish I could go back to before I knew what now know.

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss, eh? I still believe that in the long run, you’re better off knowing…even the tough stuff. Good luck to you!

I think i know myself pretty well. Sometimes i don’t think so. It mostly depends. Sometimes I do, others I don’t.

This might seem to be fancy, but it’s the truth. We’re souls residing in our bodies (mind is still different).
You can think of soul as an extremely small particle, like a particle of air. God is like air then.
It is said that mind controls the chariot, that is driven by five horses namely, eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin (we communicate through these to outside world), and we (souls) are riding on this chariot.