Since our childhood, we have spent time thinking about who we are and how we are different from others? So far we must have established some opinions about ourselves, even though we are not aware of it yet. Why don't we first get to know some basics about ourselves For example if I ask "Who you are"??? Explain yourself in a few sentences.
How easy is it for you to answer this sentence? How much time would you take to answer it? It may not be as easy as you think it in the beginning. When you will answer, you will have to describe yourself. You know about yourself the way you know about the environment around you.
A newborn child does not know anything about himself, but as the child grows up, the quest to know about himself begins in his mind. Parents, friends, relatives, and general people play a great role in satisfying this child's mind. Our contacts with other people, our experiences, and the way we concern them are the basis of seeking for our personality.
We explain our personality with respect to our experiences and also that of others about us. You will feel it if you get the answers to the above question from your friends.
You will notice that they have prepared the list of all those qualities that they consider a part of their behavior. The qualities that they feel inside them. And that answer provides us the religious, social, and civil identification of them.
For example, my answer in the first sentence will be "I am Hedayat" which is my name and my first preference in explaining my self. Then in the other sentence, I'll have to describe my qualities(like: 'I am honest' etc), my abilities (like: "I am a student of BS Chemistry) and my aims and objective, etc... That's all how I provide personal details while explaining myself. Or I can also bind myself to any religious, social, or political group while explaining myself.
These statements are pointing towards how people represent their selves according to their mindset. It is said that self-explanation is the combination of experiences, thoughts, solicitation, and feelings that a person has about himself.
How will you explain yourself in a few sentences...?
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