Developing My Identity

Identity is a group of characteristics, data or information that belongs exactly to one person or a group of people and that make it possible to establish differences between them. The consciousness that people have about themselves is part of their identity as well as what makes them unique. According to psychologists, identity is a consistent definition of one’s self as a unique individual, in terms of role, attitudes, beliefs and aspirations. Identity tries to define who people are, what they are, where they go or what they want to be or to do. Identity could depend on self-knowledge, self-esteem, or the ability of individuals to achieve their goals. Through self-analysis people can define who they are and who the people around them

Identity is who we are, even though it can be hard sometimes to find out exactly what that means. That is why our identities can be so easily changed and shaped by different things. This is especially true during our adolescent years, when we are vying for acceptance from others. Sometimes we are the ones who shape who we are. This can happen when we choose to ignore outside influences who would normally affect us. Nevertheless, most of the time we are shaped by other people. Human beings have a never ending want to be socially accepted. We are all insecure in our own way, leaving us prey to the influence of others. We are able to choose how we act and what we do, but even so we end up being changed by everyone who surrounds us. Although we have the freedom to make our own conscious decisions, ultimately the people around us shape who we are by the way they treat us.

What truly makes up someone’s identity? “The characteristics determining who or what a person or thing is.” This definition is outdated. A person’s characteristics are not the only thing that defines them. Events in someone’s life affect who they are as a person more than their characteristics do. Identity is how life experiences shape a person and how they view themselves.

Personal identity is essential in the human experience. Identity is complex and can be broken down into two main groups: introspective identity, and bodily identity. Introspective identity is based off of the groups, mentalities, or beliefs that you align yourself with, and bodily identity is based off of the physical side of yourself. Whether physical or introspective, your identity impacts every action you take. Whether choices ranging from what colors you prefer to which college you want to attend are primarily based off of your introspective identity, which is a combination of both memory and consciousness, physical identity impacts how others perceive you. Consciousness is mainly the awareness of bodily identity as well as continuous introspective identify, while memory is awareness of introspective identity. These two different facets of identity are imperative in the distinction between bodily identity and introspective identity. In means of personal identity introspective identity (which is evident in memory), is essential, while bodily identity (based partially in consciousness) has less credit.

Identity. What is it? Where does it come from? Where do humans get that sense of “I’m going to be this way” or “I’m going to believe in this” or “This is what makes me, me”. Everyone has a different identity, we all have dreams, goals, perspectives, and different personalities, and this is all what makes being human beautiful. Identity, I believe, consists on components that build character on how other people view you. Sometimes, stereotypes get in the way of this. You’re identity is part of how you live yes, but how you look and how you present yourself is not really a part of who you truly are on the inside.

The identity can be defined in some ways as a close similarity, affinity or having a strong links with your family and others. The society tends to judge us according to the image they have of our family. In reality, who we are and how we behave reflect to how our caregivers raise us. I grew up in a community where my family expect me to do good anytime, because they were scared about how my behavior can affect their reputation. My family, plays a crucial role in my life through shaping my identity.

This particular assignment has been very tough for me. I don’t believe that the neighborhoods in which I grew up had a certain importance in shaping my political identity. However, the countries in which I have resided have helped me find my own personal identity, and with it; my political one. Several times I have been asked where am I from, and while I want to say that I’m from Nicaragua, there’s always something that stops me. It’s not lack of pride of my hometown, but it’s because it doesn’t seem fair to the other countries that have played their part in raising me and shaping me into the woman that I am today.

My identity is something that has helped shape not only my personal being but also has influenced those around me. It is something that cannot easily be defined by words but rather it is reflected by my character. Race and ethnicity are prominent issues in today’s society and can be negative or positive influences on an individual’s self-esteem and identity. Due to government structures, socialization, and experience one develops a sense of belonging (or not) and this creates one’s identity. My identity successes and challenges have given me opportunities to defy society’s standards and allowed me to decide who I am as an individual. With this, I have also become more open-minded and sensitive to other cultures and ethnicities.

By knowing my personal identity it can help others in life. I feel like identity helps you have a clear understanding of your answers to the 6 W’s: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How. That is how I would try to work with others in life. The “What” can symbolize what you stand for. The “Who” can symbolize who you stand by. The “How” can symbolize how you manifest your identity. The “Where” can symbolize where you stand. The “Why” can symbolize why do we take a stand. Lastly, the “When” can symbolize when do you act on your stance. It may sound crazy but I feel like this tool can help out a lot. I know not all will be on the same side with the principles I go by, but having a clear understanding will certainly help us have a productive discussion. The most meaningful thing to understand about your self-identity is that it can be nearly to how others visualize you for which case you will be at understanding the world a lot more and people around you. It can be very differing from how others picture you and so you may sense that you are confused. It may also feel that life is fighting you back to make others acknowledge who you are. As I had already mentioned from the beginning, is that one of the tremendous issues people have with their personal identity is that they may not be appreciative of others or may have like a shield blocking of who they are and what they believe in. Today many people are feeling hurt from this to a unquestionable extent because the world we live in seems to want us to conduct oneself and live in ways that others should go by. Identity comes from choice; choice comes from identity. On a daily basis, the steps you make, the people you hang out with, and the standards you have settled on to support will display your identity. Therefore, you should decide to build on an identity that makes the world appreciate your values and unique

Identity without the opinions of others factored into your own opinion of yourself. This pivotal

People create their own identity in order to fit in or protect themselves and others. In the article “stanley williams” it proves that people can create their own identity to protect themselves and others. In the first paragraph of the article it tell you how people can create their own identities by saying “Williams participated in these street fights regularly; the adults would bet on him and give him part of their winnings if he won the fight.Williams was bullied by some of the older boys in his neighborhood, so by the age of twelve he began to carry around a knife to protect himself”. By saying this it proves that to make money he decided to street fight and he then started carrying a knife with him.In the article he says that “ The purpose

An Influential Upbringing “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. "― Steve Jobs. Searching for identity is a personal and dynamic journey. It begins at an early age with many unforeseen etchings on our impressionable young minds with family values, race, religion, and God-given personality traits.

I would use the striving for identity and relationship to others technique, so that the client and find a lead way to focus on the interesting things about herself rather than events that she did with her husband. Striving for identity and relationship to others is finding something interest about self. As described that the client lost her husband after 50 years, which can be difficult because the woman will feel some type of loneliness. If the client thinks about her husband, it may lead to depression. Striving for identity helps the client see the bigger picture, finding trust within them, and seeking their own answers to the conflicts in life. Clients think too much of what others think about them. For an elderly woman moving into a retirement

Everybody has an identity, it makes them individual and unique, and it defines who you are as a person. This project about my identity showed me what makes me unique. I would have never known how much my friends mean to me or how my identities connect with each other. I have three identities that make me who I am, cultural, personal, and social. A specific quality that covers my cultural identity is being Czechoslovakian. Both sides of my family have at least a part of Czech in them. My great-grandparents are from Czech Republic and my grandpa was the first generation in America, he was born in Ohio. This is very important because I have always identified as Czech and it is a big part of me, as I am so interested in ancestry. For my personal identity, the biggest part is my personality, being loud and outgoing, has always been important to me. The reason being, it is how people view me. A lot of people know me as the loud person or the person who talks a lot. That is meaningful to me considering I like people to view me in a certain way The last identity, social, is one of the most important to me because it involves my friends, and through this project, I learned how vital they really are to my social identity. I realized that I have a good amount of friends in this project. It is nice to have people as a support system and to relate with. These qualities show that I value being loud and outgoing. It also says that I value my family and they are a big part of life. The last one, social, ties in with the first one because it shows I am outgoing and friendly.

Identity is what evolves us, it is what makes us think the way we do, and act the way we act, in essence, a person’s identity is their everything. Identity separates us from everyone else, and while one may be very similar to another, there is no one who is exactly like you; someone who has experienced exactly what you have, feels the way you do about subjects, and reacts the same to the events and experiences you have had. This became prevalent to me as I read through many books, that everyone goes through the process of finding who they are. A prevalent theme throughout literature is the idea that over time one develops their identity through life over time, in contrast to being born with one identity and having the same