Change yourself?

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I was talking with my college's counselor and this topic came up. She asked "If you could change one thing about yourself, so that others can perceive you one way, what would it be?" I spent about 2-3 minutes thinking to myself, with her telling me "This is your dream, imagine what you want; imagine yourself being different."

After the 2-3 minutes, I just told her "This is very foreign to me. I cannot picture myself being anyone else but me as I've been this way my whole life. I like who I am. I would like to have some friends--or whatever can be considered a friend, an outlet, people to hang out with, but I can never imagine being anyone other than me. I don't think I would change anything."



The same question to you guys: Would you, if you could, change yourself?

Brainpower. I'd like some more of it.

I'd be more patient with the world around me.

I would get rid of my learning disability. That is what I would change about myself.

Brainpower is a good one I think I would consider that. Although I would really want some super powers but thats unrealistic.

I just noticed its to change how others percieve me so I got to edit this......

I dont change myself so others can perceive me better because it really dont matter to me how they percieve me unless I can make use of them. Ideally I would make them perceive me less but stay the way I am. I dont want to change unless its for something useful to me.

Last edited by Tensho on 04 Feb 2008, 9:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.

My therapist asked me that question a few months ago. I really couldn’t think of an answer. I actually like being me despite my bouts of feeling alone. So my answer would be to be able to have an outlet for support that I don't have to pay for.

I would get rid of whatever makes my family always mad at me.

I would want to be better able to learn from a text book.
These pre-calculus text books suck. They make the most obvious connections for you, and then neglect the ones you don't make.

My feelings exactly, I would much rather be myself than have to change just to fit in. I would probably want to understand creativity a bit better, seeing as how I flunked art class and always do poorly on creative writing assignments in English class.

The only thing I'd change about me is my utter inability to do anything in a romantic setting...

I would like to be free from all types of negative anxiety.

I'd like to be able to read people the same way I read books...

"She changed me into a newt!"
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"I got better" - Monty Python and the Holy Grail...

If I could change one thing, it would be to have a higher self-esteem.

Ditto that! At least a 50% reduction would be REALLY nice.

I've gotten to the point that in all settings except romantic, I can power through negative anxiety that I do experience (and in most cases that others would experience it, I don't...)

If I could have people perceive me differently, I suppose I'd have them perceive me as a non-threat, though not in a way that bullies would take notice. I'd like to be like some people I've barely noticed, those people no one seems to bother, those people the teacher never calls on, those people that don't bother other people. Those that seem to be invisible.

There are lots of other things I would like to change about myself. I would like to think clearer, I would like to think faster, I would like an unfailing memory recall(No more tip of the tongue for me).