Does your old personality resurface depending on who you're with?

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You know the cliche phrase people say when they see you after a long time, "You haven't changed a bit!" Well I am the epitome of it. I feel like I have changed a lot, and I rather transformed in so many ways, but when I meet people after years, I change. It is almost like I regress back to the way I used to be

eg. 1: Family. I have always been the jester among my family. Goofing around, making people laugh. I have a number of catch phrases, signature words or personal memes. In the 3 years that I didnt see my family I never used any of them, and they didnt even enter my mind. Yet when I did meet them, I automatically started using them and started acting so similar to all those years ago.

eg. 2: I met a great friend after 2 years. Since then there were some idiosyncrasies of mine that never appeared, and it would be safe to say they faded away. Yet when I met him again, I started joking the same way, calling him the same good-natured insults. I barely changed!

It is as if, it doesnt matter how many years I don't interact with someone, when I eventually do meet them, my personality *for them* picks up where it left off. If that makes sense

Does anyone else feel the same way?

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Yes, a bit 11
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  • CountessDouche
    9 years ago

    Totally! You worded the post really well. I know exactly what you are talking about.

    I tend to have certain facets of my personality that come out more with certain people, but I too regress when I spend time with those from my past...I get really immature when I spend time with my brothers, especially. We got thrown out of church :(

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      9 years ago

      Do you have a habit of often highly identifying with people's stories?

      Cause otherwise that's the third time you've said something like "I know exactly what you are talking about" on my stories. And here I had you pegged as someone very different from me. Touché brain

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      • CountessDouche
        9 years ago

        On here, I mostly don't! Guess we're birds of a feather, mysterious OP.

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  • JohnnytheSnake
    9 years ago

    You just have good social skills it sounds like. You know how to consistently make people laugh. normal.

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  • Anonnet
    9 years ago

    Yeah that happens to me, too.

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  • Aliceee93
    9 years ago

    I don't think I have changed, maybe I have, im still shy :P but im very childish and silly.

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  • Shackleford96
    9 years ago

    Yes, and that's a common thing for people to do socially, so don't feel bad about it or anything :)

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    I have the same personality I always have. I've learned things and improved my social skills through learning, but my personality is the same it's always been.

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