Split Personality, this has helped me more than anything.

[DJ Hawtness]

Originally posted by Virtú
What if I want to change who I am instead of just pretending to be someone else?

Personally, I don't want to have to bother with keeping up appearances, with having to spend time and effort maintaining a facade or remembering which personality I used with which girl.

My character flaws go way deeper than not being able to pick up chicks, so I've got more to gain by big deep fundamental change.

Remodeling isn't enough; I feel that I have to tear down, redesign, and rebuild from the foundation up.

You're right. There is no reason for you to have a split personality, just be an outgoing guy.

 

[DjDreamer]

Originally posted by Virtú
What if I want to change who I am instead of just pretending to be someone else?

Personally, I don't want to have to bother with keeping up appearances, with having to spend time and effort maintaining a facade or remembering which personality I used with which girl.

My character flaws go way deeper than not being able to pick up chicks, so I've got more to gain by big deep fundamental change.

Remodeling isn't enough; I feel that I have to tear down, redesign, and rebuild from the foundation up.

Personality suicide? Are you crazy? What happens when you find a flaw in the new personality you created? You're gonna tear down again?

 

[ego]

How about taking care of the personality you already have instead of just creating a new alter-ego? Nah, let's just pretend that we all are Tyler Durden.

Yeah, he ****s the way you wanna ****, talks the way you wanna talk, lives in your dream world, and well, except from that he’s after all just a creation of Chuck Palahniuk, and no, for you kids who still lives in Fight club – Tyler doesn’t exist in real life...


… but nah, forget about that too!

Meanwhile, you can try forgetting about your own real personality also. Because, compared with Tyler you’re nothing, right? Yeah, that’s definitely what Tyler would do, isn’t it?

Now, I got an even better idea! Let’s start a fight club too, and, yeah, let’s blow up your apartment and fight your boss. Hit rock bottom, and don’t forget that self-improvement is masturbation. Damn kids, grow the **** up. Nah, don’t, instead; stay at sosuave.net and pretend that you’re a self-destructive Brad Pitt look-alike.

Okay, I think you get the idea. But, for all you Fight club-fans out there, I’ll refer to the book, movie or what you prefer to call your lifestyle:

You're not your job.
You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive.
You're not the contents of your wallet.

And no, you’re NOT TYLER DURDEN!



Okay, feel free to do whatever you want. Pretend that you're someone else if it works out for you and you get your phone numbers and hot girls. But, don't forget, pretending that you're someone else will never lead you to happiness in the long-run.


Thanks.

 

[S0LID]

You take traits you want from that person. Im just saying what works for me.

 

[Virtú]

Originally posted by DjDreamer
Personality suicide? Are you crazy?

You say that like it's possible.
I am what is standing in my way, so I am what needs to be removed from the picture.
It seems to me like it would be the perfect solution: get rid of everything that's wrong with me in one fell swoop, then create a personality ideally suited for success.

What happens when you find a flaw in the new personality you created? You're gonna tear down again?

If I've done it before, then I should be able to do it again ... and it may even be easier the second time.

 

[nougat]

There are too many conflicting views in this thread, it's confusing. Basically is it a "dangerous" technique or is it ok to try out?