at what age did you find yourself?

Question

at what age did you discover who you wanted to be as a person, what triggered? was it a long procees, or did a particular incident cause it?

Answer 1

It was a long, and still continuing process.

I think it was two years ago.

Sometime aroung my 14th birthday, 9th grade, school year 04-05.

But before then, I had many "findings" and I am still having them.

This whole identity crisis is cool, man. (Totally serious.)

Anyway, I probably won't stop for a while.

I don't know, I'm a little mature for my age, but also a little irresponsible for my age.

Good luck, Peace, Shalom, Salam, Paz, Nabad.

Answer 2

At age 16, someone very closed to me passed, from that point on, (now 19) my eyes opened, I learned life wasnt going to go the way I wanted it to, after I fell in love with someone in a weird situation, I knew people were always going to be in my business so I couldnt ever do anything about it and at the same time learned not to judge any one cause you never know the full story, I learned life is so much easier if you go through it with an open mind...I learned that knowledge really is the key to power ....and so on but when he passed, it was a wake up call and helped me learn all these things plus more which helped me determine that I want to be a GOOD loving person who devotes my life to learning and helping others. I guess you could say it was a long process IN a short amount of time, I learned 20 years worth of information about life ALL in 3 years. I do know that I have more to learn though and I know, although I know what kind of person I am, I still feel like I didnt fully ''find myself''.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

This is a very interesting question. I think I am going through it right now, I am 27. My emotions have gone from suicidal to elated and back to suicidal over and over again for the past couple months. I have stopped talking to my friends. I think what triggered it was a combination of things. My friends kept criticizing my choice in clothes and cars. They started criticizing me because I started wearing what I wanted to and not what I thought I should. It was on that day that it became clear that I had not been me for nearly 20 years. Now since I have been trying to find myself I do not like any of the people I thought I liked. I live alone and I like it that way. I do not know who I am yet but I am praying that I find myself. I am waking myself up out of the matrix. It is a lonely and perilous journey to find oneself Lord I pray it is worth it.

Answer 5

It's been a process, still going. It started when I was 11 and rejected the Catholic faith. When I started to search for my own spirituality, I started to discover other things about myself. Eventually, I found myself mainly to be some sort of neo-hippie, vegan, academic, animal rights activist, metal-head, etc.

I think most people start to find out who they are when I did, around high school and continuing into college. Another (or first, as case may be) might strike around middle age, a kind of redefining of the self.

Answer 6

I think it's a long process. Getting out of the house I grew up in really helped in that, but it's still something I'm going through 9 years after leaving home.

Answer 7

I think everyone knows that in life we adapt to all sorts of situations, and we change as a result. What boring people we would be if we stayed the same for the rest of our lives.

I want to be like NATIVE NEW YORKER and be 61 and still finding myself.

Answer 8

I still havent found myself!! but i think the world and my family have accepted the fact that im lost but still a good person

Answer 9

i'm very almost 20 and that i continually experience "lost". wager i ought to locate myself yet sometimes you do this once you're actually not questioning approximately it too plenty. warm chocolate each and each of how =) you have inspired me to circulate to Starbucks on lunch now

Answer 10

It took me Three years... when i was 15 up to 18... it was a long process indeed...