Are some so unhappy that they can't live their own lives? What would drive you to altering your appearance with plastic surgery? If you want to be different why not start with the person inside?
2007-01-24 00:26:48 · 14 answers · asked by Grant B 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I think the attention the others get drives them to want it. The longing for attention and love makes people feel the need to change in order to acheive it.
2007-01-24 00:35:10 · answer #1 · answered by l04i16 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people may copy others because they don't have a strong sense of self, and they like, or "idolize" the person they try to copy. Although, I feel that it is normal for anyone to go through temporary phases where they try to copy someone, but not to extreme, and not to often. But, I have known some people who literally change their whole lives in order to feel that they are like the person they are copying. This, I feel is definately a result of low self-steem, weak sense of self and so on.
Some people will go so far as plastic surgery to make themselves look better, and supposedly in turn, increase their self confidence and self esteem.
I really don't know if that works or not, but I can understand it in some cases, but many times it is just sad.
2007-01-24 08:36:16 · answer #2 · answered by zaytox0724 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you hit the nail on the head...some people are so unsure of themselves and so unhappy that unless they are copying others they don't know who they are. as for plastic surgery i don't get it either...someone 50 have a face lift...their face maybe 'tighter' but they still look just like someone who is 50 who has had a face lift. fake boobs, butts, etc. are they really so dense as to think no one can tell? really it all looks fake. you're right, if you make the person on the inside strong then you won't need the surgery and to copy others.
2007-01-24 08:35:32 · answer #3 · answered by ?! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never got that either. First they say they want to show their creativity and their own style. Then you find out that "..their own style.." is to copy friends and celebrities and try to look like them and act like them. Its not individuality they are trying to change, but conformity.
I dont think it is so much that they want the attention that the other people get, but they want to blend in and NOT get the attention they get. They want to be part of a crowd of "beautiful people" that usually arent so beautiful after all.
You dont change because of outside peer pressure either. You change because you want to, not because you have to. Its a choice, not an obligation. Some conform, some rebel and some dont give a squat what others think. (Im the third type of person). I dont house my worth on if I have a sixpack or a Armani suit. I dont think everyone who is beautiful has worth, and everyone who has worth is not beautiful.
Remember. Imitation is the highest form of flattery. That is unless you are copying Paris Hilton, Hilary Duff or Michael Jackson.
2007-01-24 09:20:18 · answer #4 · answered by billydeer_2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that they have low self esteem and they think that if they imitate someone else who has it together, then they will be happy/popular/sucessful etc.
A friend of mine completely ripped off my personality, the way I dress, the guys I was dating; everything! And she had low self esteem before.
I think that if you really have something majorly defective about the way you look and it's holding you back from being accepted into the world, or holding you back from fulfilling your potential then you should get it fixed. But I agree with you, if you're unhappy with yourself you should look inside first (and back to prior experiences too).
2007-01-24 08:37:51 · answer #5 · answered by Snow White 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be popularity or seeking acceptance but the main thing is that people are treated with acceptance. if we can plainly see that acceptance is what they are looking for. If people feel safe to be accepted we can see changes in their personality and their true self will come out because they feel loved unconditionaly instead of based on weather they fit the mold.
2007-01-24 08:48:14 · answer #6 · answered by java348 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually they have an insecurity issue. They aren't secure in who they are and their own identity. They see someone they like and observe that person's success and they try to become like that person in an effort to achieve the same. This usually doesn't work because that is not how God intended us to be. He created each one of us as unique individuals. He wants us to be exactly who He created us to be. The difficult part is discovering just who that person is.
2007-01-24 08:42:14 · answer #7 · answered by Thia R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They truly are insecure, though they might not admit it. Because they don't have what it takes to be themselves, they make themselves a carbon copy of something they want to be. They spend so long working on creating what's outside, that their character inside gets neglected.
2007-01-24 08:43:26 · answer #8 · answered by BAnne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they admire something somebody else has and try to change their looks to feel they are more like the person they admire, EXAMPLE: teenage girls and anorexia. They see celebrities unhealthily underweigh and they try to copy that and usually end up hurting themselves. Take me for example I hate my small breasts I feel men would pay more attention to me if they were large.
2007-01-24 08:41:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
almost everybody feels empty at times in their life, some people their whole lives. they try to fill the void with things like popularity and whatnot. they feel as though they will fit in if they meet the 'physical ideal'. and some people are just shallow as all hell.
2007-01-24 08:36:37 · answer #10 · answered by spankypants 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋