How do you carry yourself ?

[Niels]

I have good posture and speak clearly. I'd like to think that I'm affable, direct, and understated.

 

[m.a.r.X]

How do you carry yourself in public or how do people sayyou carry yourself?

I'm just another introvert so....you know the usual..blah blah

 

[RayofSun]

How do you carry yourself in public or how do people sayyou carry yourself? Do you think the way you carry yourself have an affect on your personal life?

Does it have an affect? Absolutely!
I carry myself much differently than I did even a few years ago. When I first started University, I was so shy and self conscious. I was always watching others and trying to blend into the wall.

But I know I've changed and that I carry myself differently now. I can feel it, and I can tell from the way that others respond to it. I think a lot of how I carry myself has to do with the mentality I keep about others and myself. I work to remind myself that others aren't judging me, but instead that people truly try to be good and deserve to be recognized for their efforts. I focus on others.

Yeaaah, that was an odd way of answering that question, I know

 

[Toro]

Getting older is fun, I can now growl at babies and snarl and the wickedly old people and others expect it. You can always blame it on the meds!

I just blame it on genetics.... Im crazy...... so what?

 

[SOLDIER ❤]

Hmmm. Ummm... A real goof ball at times. I love to laugh, but then again... I do know there is a time and place for everything. Basically I'm just low key in real life. I don't like drawing attention. Nor dressing up to draw attention. It's just not me.

 

[Obzocky]

How I carry myself definitely does interfere with my personal life, and at the moment I'm pretty aloof. When your first impression is not so much "oh my, you breathe, I breathe, we both breathe, we should be friends!" but "oh, we both breathe, how nice" it tends to take a while to be viewed as anything other than an emotionless piece of marble so building friendships takes a whole lot longer than it would if I were not quite so standoffish about things.

Mind you people view me in different lights anyway, the way in which I carry myself varies greatly depending on where I am, who i'm with and what mood i'm in.

 

[PinkSweetart]

In all seriousness. I carry myself they way I feel like it. Sometimes I'm confident and bubbly, other times I'm more shy and reserved. It depends on who I'm with and what I'm doing.

I think it definitely affects my life. I mean, if I'm hyper and dancing all over the place people will respond in 1 of 2 ways. Either they'll join in on my fun, or they'll be embarrassed and run away. Same goes with me on my reserved days.

 

[Rose of Eden]

I struggle with confidence and self-esteem. I always feel so awkward, weird, and unlikeable. And I was always very reserved. I would only talk to my closest friends. I felt awkward and terrified to even acknowledge anyone else. I think I used to come across as shy, reserved, a little odd, and slightly aloof. I was also always a super goody good two shoes, so I also came across as extremely innocent and naive to a lot of people.

But I've been slowly changing lately. I think I still come across as innocent, though not nearly as naive anymore. (Life experiences have smartened me up.) I've been pushing myself outside of my comfort zone lately. Losing 40 pounds gave me a little more confidence. I started being more open and friendly with people. I started to act like my normal self around everyone instead of being quiet and reserved around most people. I started to actually say "hi" to everyone I knew or even just recognized from church/work/school/etc. I stopped focusing so much on how awkward I felt while talking to people, especially new people, and I instead tried to put my focus on making them feel good, comfortable, and happy by what I said to them. I started to speak more confidently, whether I felt confident or not; I just kind of pretended to have a clue about what I was talking about. I stopped caring so much what everyone else thought of me. I guess I just sort of adopted this "Whatever! Haters gonna hate! So I'm just gonna be myself, do what I want, have fun, and stop caring what those haters think!" attitude. I guess I've just come to that point in life now where I really don't give a darn what people think of me anymore.

The result has been utterly shocking. People say "hi" to me all the time now. People invite me out with them and invite me to parties. People think I'm smart and they think I know what I'm actually talking about. People laugh at my jokes and comments and say I'm "hilarious." People start following my lead and example. People actually think I'm confident! They think I'm bubbly and social! My new friends here at school say I give off the impression of exuding confidence and being very bubbly, social, and naturally outgoing! (All the COMPLETE opposite of what I've always known to be true about myself! ) I still feel like the me I've always known inside...but apparently I carry myself very differently now than I did before.

 

[SOLDIER ❤]

In all seriousness. I carry myself they way I feel like it. Sometimes I'm confident and bubbly, other times I'm more shy and reserved. It depends on who I'm with and what I'm doing.

I think it definitely affects my life. I mean, if I'm hyper and dancing all over the place people will respond in 1 of 2 ways. Either they'll join in on my fun, or they'll be embarrassed and run away. Same goes with me on my reserved days.

I agree! Kind of feel the same. Some days I'm quiet and tired and won't be so up to joking around then some days my friend just bring it out in me. lol. If you serious....I'll be serious and if your a happy chippy person... I'm down! lol