y do people try to be something there not?

Question

I am saying when i was little my mother use to say be what u is and not what u ant

Answer 1

When people do this, it's usually because they don't like themselves much and are insecure.

Answer 2

because some people want really care what others think and always want to be accepted no matter what. If it mean not being them then thats the lost but at least the person is accepted in the group he/she idles!

Answer 3

Apparently you were a child that tended to try to act like other people and it was her way of saying your an okay person on your own you don't have to put on airs.

Answer 4

Because of Hollywood and the media. They make ugly people look descent and pretty people look perfect. Everyone wants to be like them so they try to "be something they're not"

Answer 5

When they are around other people, they may be thinking of different things in comparison with when they are not around other other people.

Example, a nerd who sits around the house all day may be pretty quiet and thats norm. When they are making an attempt to join the popular crowd or some other group... they make an attempt to change their outward personality... usually fails

Answer 6

I think it has something to do with Self Gratification, making yourself feel better about NOT being who you really are. That and trying to keep up with the Jones'..smile But I was always taught to be myself and it's worked for me.

Answer 7

Just remember, there's a right way and a wrong way to do everything and the wrong way is to keep trying to make everybody else do it the right way.

Answer 8

There are all different reasons like ofr example... they dont like themselves, other people think that they are what they say they are but they really arent, or because they have friends that expect them to be what they arent.

Hope I Helped.

Answer 9

Peer pressure, keeping up with the "Jones" , you always want what you can't have.

Answer 10

Why do people try to be something their not?

Simple answer : ego