Do you have IDENTITY CRISIS??????

asubscriber99

Well-known member
I think that i have identity crisis (problem), i wonder if someone else feels like having it.

sometimes it happens when you 're on the border of different groups, for example: if your mother is catholic and your father is jew, you might feel neither groups accept you as a true member.

if you feel one of the coming feelings, please tell me, i want to know if SA is associated with identity crisis.

"""" If you find yourself in an identity crisis, you can look at seven areas of difficulty in which to work towards a resolution.

Time Perspective
Can you distinguish immediate gratification from long-term goals? Have you learned to balance between jumping at opportunities as soon as they are presented to you and working steadily and patiently towards your long-term goal?
Self-Certainty
Do you feel consistent in your self-image and the image you present to others?
Role Experimentation
Have you tried different roles in search of the one that feels right to you?
Anticipation of Achievement
Do you believe that you will be successful in what you choose to do -- whether your role is at the work front or home front?
Sexual Identity
Do you feel comfortable being a male or a female, and dealing with others as such?
Leadership polarization
Are you able to become both a leader and a follower, whichever is called for in a given situation?
Ideological
Have you found a set of basic social, philosophical, or religious values that your outlook on life can be based upon? """"
 

Zarrix

Well-known member
It is because we don't express our personality. We are simply trying to abide by rules and actions that are 'socially acceptable' and thus you never really reveal your true self.
 
I do. I have no idea who I am. I have no idea what I like. I am NEVER certain on anything. I am just so confused about myself, and who I am. Therefore no one knows who I am. I mean they can't know me if I don't even know myself.
 

SocialButterSlip

Well-known member
I suffer from it a lot. When I used to live in the usa i would make reggaeton beats, and hear reggaeton a lot. now that i live in the Caribbean I make hip hop beats, and listen to mostly hip hop. i don't consider myself American nor Dominican nor Puertorican.
 

Catkin

New member
I definitely think have an Identity Crisis, as you call it... I have a different personality for almost any situation, because I'm usually trying to act how I "should" in each case, or I'm trying to be who people think I am. I really don't know who I am or what my personality is, it changes all the time.
The most difference is between offline and online, but even online I'm trying to appease people all the time, and trying to be who I think I'm supposed to be.
A lot of times I would really rather people decide things for me, and I'll ask for other people's opinions a lot, because I don't know what I want.

But I do still have likes and dislikes! No matter who I am, I'll always love things like, animals, art, or Avatar: The Last Airbender! Haha, wow that's a lot of A words..
Though, sometimes I try to hide the fact that I'm an artist.
 

Atlantis

Well-known member
I think SA is associated with Identity crisis or something like that...

I thought the same thing and its interesting to see that other SA people was thinking the same thing.

I feel I don't identify with anything, like.... I can feel insecure about my abilities in situations I know I clearly better than anyone. So if I have a talent I do not believe in it completely and I have doubts, then I start to fail.

I never have a objective opinion about things and I can't make decisions. I am always in doubt.

I think if you don't have any recognition and no acceptance, you will start to disbelief your potential so you lose your sense of identity.
 

asubscriber99

Well-known member
Oh guys, we have 8 winners till now(including me)!! :)

the amazing thing is, when i read your comments, it's like describing myself, which always amazes me, since before discovering that i'm sociophobic, i thought that i'm destinct creature.! :)


btw, what you described guys is a typical identity crisis, i study medicine , and studied psychiatry very well, and all comments before Atlantis have identity crisis typical description.

i recommend you start building ur identity, what u like, don't like, how u deal with people, i've built a rules for myself, and after following them for some time, they became a integral part of my mind. i might help u with them if anyone wants.


Thank you guys!!!

Atlantis: you might have identity crisis, but some of what you described is related more to performance stress, that is clearly associated with SA.
 

Lexmark

Well-known member
Psychedelicious said:
I do. I have no idea who I am. I have no idea what I like. I am NEVER certain on anything. I am just so confused about myself, and who I am. Therefore no one knows who I am. I mean they can't know me if I don't even know myself.

I was exactly the same
 

zootdroop

Well-known member
I don't know if it counts as an identity crisis, but I'm a different person when I'm around people than when I'm alone or with people I know really well. I fear being my real self when I'm around people cause I'm afraid they will think I'm weird (I am) or ridicule me or something. It's not that I'm ashamed or don't like myself, I'm just scared of other people's reactions to me, so I live my life as two different people. It's frustrating as hell.
 

Duncan92

Member
Hey guys, I know it's three years since you all posted, but I just had to say that I had the same experience as 'asubscriber99' in that you have all described me perfectly. So nice to stumble across people who you can relate to. I've sat for a year now trying to figure out what is wrong with, swinging in and out of different states of mind. I find it hard to accept that I have SP. I believe I've had it for years, and knew during those years that something was wrong, but I kept quiet. (Our condition is the very thing stopping our recovery!) My main experience is never feeling in control of my life, and making choices based on what is acceptable, what is expected (like many of you have said) Anyway thanks for these msgs. I signed up here a while ago and I really now intend to become more active!
 
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