Me, Myself, I, and Her

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There is a saying that says “You have three selves. The self you show the world (me or Nygeria), the self your friends and family see (myself or Nygee), and the self that no one but yourself sees (I or Nusa).” This paper is gonna explain all of those sides of myself plus the alter ego (her or Nuna). There were a few key terms that were needed for me to know while i was doing this project: George herbert mead’s theory of social self mead’s theory of the social self says that we are born without a social self and we develop in stages through social interaction. The stages are imitation, play stage, game stage, and generalized other stage. Charles Horton Cooley’s theory of the looking glass self Cooley’s theory of the looking glass self says that we have a sense of who we are that is defined by incorporating the reflected appraisals of others. Erving Goffman’s theory of dramaturgy Goffman’s theory of dramaturgy says that there is no self; we are all social actors or con artists and we sell our identity to other people. My name is Nygeria Abayomi Jarmon. I am 18 years old and was born in Fayetteville North Carolina, and this is me.Nygeria lived in several different places because our dad is in the military. Because of moving around so much she had trouble making friends. Our fifth grade year Nygee was created. She was bullied and picked on, and because of the constant bullying Nygee started to developed a fear of people and avoided talking to anybody at school or outside of the house. Our parents became concerned that she would become a shut in because the only reason she left my room was to go to school, eat, and to use the bathroom for three straight years. During those years we thought our parents hated Nygee for never leaving ou... ... middle of paper ... ...e not everyone has the intentions of hurting you. I’ve met so many amazing people and found out so many thing about myself. I still find it hard to talk to people but that will take time to get over. I am a stronger person than I thought I was and I feel so much more confident in myself no that I have done this. I plan to be a lot more like Nuna going forward in life, and soon I will really like myself for me instead of pretending that i do. Actually doing this project helped me to realize that the way I was living wasnt very healthy, and it helped me to make a change that i had been trying to make for myself for a long time. Honestly I probably wouldn't have made the changes i wanted to if i wasn't in any other way obligated to make some kind of change like i was for this assignment, and i am glad that i had the chance to take part in this life changing experience.

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