Is it normal that my personality "layers" are contradicting?

So, this is the issue. People that don't know me at all think that I am mean. Once they get to know me a little better, they realize that I am very kind. However, my true friends know that I actually have many evil thoughts and that I can truly be a really mean person. Yet, my best friends think that I am nice again really deep inside.

I don't know. I really don't know if I am a mean or a nice person. All I know is that the way people perceive me turns 180º every time they get through a new layer.

So, is this normal?

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86% Normal
Based on 29 votes (25 yes)
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Comments ( 5 )
  • "A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous."

    -Graham Greene

    The sentiment behind that is somewhat fitting here.

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  • AbnormallyAwesome

    Nobody is a mean or a nice person. And believe me: All of your friends have evil thoughts sometimes.
    Please try to act on what you believe is right and not on who you believe you are.

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    • That's a very good point. Every person has both flaws and positive characteristics to their personality. Some happening to be more skilled at suppressing their flaws than others.

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      • *happen

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  • Terence_the_viking

    Layer cake.

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