What is your INTELLIGENT opinion of YOUR SELF-IMAGE?

Question

Orla C - that is EXACTLY what I want, otherwise I would get numbskull one-word answers which don't really say anything. I want to encourage people to use their minds and think about the world

Answer 1

I used to really hate myself - as I have many inperfections and a younger sister who is the belle of the family.
But the minute I realised that I was pretty enough, and anyhow I was never going to change - (and saw the pictures from a few years ago) I realised that who I am inside matters, not my face.
My looks haven't ever bothered me since - infact I think that anyone who doesn't like me because I'm not model pretty isn't worth a second glance.
In short - I feel really good about how I look :)
Ash

Answer 2

I am a man of intelligence, a professor, and therefore I choose to dress according to old fashioned stereotypes of an educated men. I base my image off of such men I idolized as a college student, such as J.R.R. Tolkien.

I don't wear T-Shirts in public, I only wear polo shirts to Golf, and I wear a tie everyday to work. I never wear shorts, always pants, with a belt, and always tuck my shirt in. I don't wear tennis shoes or sandals, I wear top siders, loafers or leather sneakers. Sometimes I wear a coat, sometimes I wear a sweater-vest, vest, cardigan, or knit sweater, and sometimes I wear a combination of them all. I'm always clean-shaven, my hair is no too long and not too short, but neatly combed, and when in my lecture room I have a pipe in my mouth, at home I smoke a cigar.

I dress this way for a reason, and it's because it reminds me of who I am, and how hard I worked to get here. I could be a bum wearing a nice suit, and people wouldn't know the difference, but I know that I'm not, and am reminded of it every time I look in the mirror. I consider my self a homage to men greater than I, men who no longer exist, and while I can only hope to emulate them, I dress conservatively and properly, like a gentleman, because it reminds me of the many years I spent before I learned that I couldn't be Tolkien, or Einstein, but at least I could look like them, and since then I've been able to develope my own self-image, and I'm quite proud of it.

Answer 3

We have a shifty self image sort of like a flickering candle flame, one second this the next that. This image is very sensitive to its surroundings. It might just be made up of its surroundings, or at least defined through its interactions with its surroundings. The more we analyze our self the more we realize that the self is sort of an attitude. Like a caravel mirror set to reflect the world in a certain way. Attitude, will power, trapped in this rotting mortal flesh. Ha hahahaha our precious.

Answer 4

What I know:
1) I'm a bit overweight...but not morbidly obese
2) I'm average to a bit above average looking
3) I'm reasonably intelligent to the point that I can hold my own in just about any conversation
4) I'm able to learn, cope and adapt
5) I know I am not the best person there is or I could be...but I strive every day to make myself better.
6) I'm not happy unless I put my family before myself

Answer 5

First of all, strip your image of subjectivity. Be honest, totally honest with yourself. Recognise and acknowledge your shortcomings. Likewise, recognise your strengths. State what you are not good at, and also what you are good at.

List all these attributes and character traits, the weak ones as well as the strong ones. Don't leave any of them out.

When you have been completely honest and open with yourself, without trying to embellish your weaknesses, or demean your strengths, then you have recognised the real you.

I could not give you my opinion of me, because that would be baring my soul to the world, and I am not mentally strong enough to do that. Not yet, anyway.

Answer 6

My intelligence tells me that my self-image is not properly tuned for survival.

My self-image is overly concerned with dark issues of overpopulation, environmental degradation and the general underperformance of the so-called highest form of living species on earth - man.

My self-image is looking forward to not having to deal with man for too much longer, and definitely not contributing further to the massive problem of so-called civilization.

This self-image will self-destruct in 25 seconds...

Answer 7

Having struggled with self-confidence my entire life, my opinion is usually pretty negative; a piece of work in progress (with very little progress, it seems). But at other times, when I like myself and I am happy with my life, my self-image is favorable. So things I know as facts, however, and they often serve to balance out the good and bad days.

Answer 8

well global geezer iam completely insignificant, somewhat like an ant, in the great scheme of things.

iam somewhat disshevelled half the time , iam a mum!
but i am a thinker too.
i think i was good looking as a teenager, but i didnt know what i know now. and its probably too late and guess what?
i wouldnt want to ever go back.

Answer 9

I do whatever "myself" classifies as important /for image/.
Even taking old lady across the street is image making act.
So is picking up a coin off a walkway...

Answer 10

Finding my self-image simply gives me the chance to play make-believe in my own little fantasy world.