Is it normal to act like a completely different person around different people?

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Is it normal to be almost a completely different person around different people? I know that its normal in cases like acting a little differently around someone you're interested compared to your crush or your sibling. But my little "habit, for lack of better word, is a little more complex than that. See, when you speak sweetly to your boyfriend but harshly to your brother, that's understandable given the difference of bond. But with me, its like I'm not even the same person. For example, around my ex boyfriend I was quiet but not meek. Introverted. I would still joke around freely with him but it was like my personality was restrained a little. But the boyfriend I had before him, I was the complete opposite. I was outspoken and extroverted. Never quiet. It wasnt because I had liked him more, actually I was more fond of the other. And it's like this with everyone I meet/am around. I've observed this behavior for awhile and believe that I have some sort of mimicking personality. I believe that I use other's personality as a mold for my personality around them. Like, if someone is quiet than I'm quiet; if someone is wild than I'm wild; if someone is comical than so am I; and so on. Is this normal?

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  • miskris
    9 years ago

    While it's popular to do this, I feel that it is easier to just be 100% yourself all the time. Not only is it easier on you (not having to always think about how to act ahead of time) but it shows that you have authenticity with the person you're speaking too. Some people are really good at sniffing out falseness.

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  • hellosweetie
    9 years ago

    Unfortunately it's normal. Sometimes this can be okay, but other times people take it out of control. For example, someone likes to talk crap about others; suddenly you like to talk crap about others.

    I admit, I have become a different person around certain people. Shy with my study group, partier with my roommates, sweet with my boyfriend. It's normal.

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  • sega31098
    9 years ago

    It is normal. I learned this in psychology class.

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  • Doktor_Hildred_Von_Steinmann
    9 years ago

    Everyone does this. Completely normal.

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  • kelili
    9 years ago

    I think that it is somehow normal.

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  • KiddKlean24
    9 years ago

    As A Black Guy I Do It All The Time...Im Not Like Really Ghetto Or Loud (As A Matter Of fact I Despise That) But When Im Around My Black Friends We Laugh A Lot And I Have More Confidence. When Im With My White/Asian/Latino Friends Im Quieter And I Talk With Proper Grammar All The Time So Yea I Think It's Normal

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