Poll: Your innermost image of yourself

[The Lizard of Odd]

What are you, -really-? When you look deep within yourself and reflect on who you are, what you've done and what you desire to be...what do you see? What would happen if that innermost image were to suddenly become reality? This is sort of like a question of what you would see when looking into the mirror of Erised (from Harry Potter), only the focus is upon what it would do to your physical form(leaving your mind intact). It's hard to think 'what would I be', and not 'what I want to be'. But if you can't really think of how to answer the first, the second one will do fine.

Do you see yourself, just as you are, a perfectly happy, normal human being? Or something else? Something more? Something less?

Technically this is research for a project I'm working on, but it is also just curiosity and fun.

Despite my happiness in life and love for who I am and those I have around me, I have grown up constantly dreaming of being able to do so much more physically(or perhaps, never grown up)...so when I look in on myself, I see a dragon. Not some OP scaled, fire-breathing behemoth...but a smaller, more 'realistic' mammalian creature with intelligence, agility and the ability to run and fly. A bit fanciful, but I'm being honest.

Please, no flaming/trolling responses to people's thoughts on the matter.

 

[Sneaky-Pie]

I'm satisfied with myself.

There's nothing I would drastically change whatsoever.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

Bah,. i got a low ego, but I act like I don't. I've had and still have my issues to work through but I'm happy with the progress I've made

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

I'm quite satisfied with my myself as this evil dictator who happens to be a Juggalo.

 

[Jedamethis]

Well, I'unno. I guess I just see me. I've gotten rather fond of this body over the years...

 

[HT_Black]

I have a very poorly-defined sense of 'self'...so the smoke monster from LOST, maybe?

 

[DSK-]

I'm satisfied for the most part. I've trounced many problems in my life or simply had to deal with them, and it's made me strong - if a little cynical. I think I'm generally the coolest mo'fo om the face of this Earth.

 

[MrShowerHead]

Bah,. i got a low ego, but I act like I don't. I've had and still have my issues to work through but I'm happy with the progress I've made

Took the words right out of my mouth, sir

 

[hittite]

My inner image is basically me, only awesome.

 

[Samwise137]

Considering I'm pretty sure I'm made of robot parts, I'm gonna go with this:

 

[Outright Villainy]

Well before I wouldn't have thought so, but in the last couple of years I've grown to like my image, and how it represents myself. I wouldn't want to change it; I see it as as much a part of me as anything else.

Edit: Actually maybe in my mind it's just like me now, only on fire and shirtless. And eating ribs. Yeah, that'll do.

 

[JanatUrlich]

I'm alright with myself. I think everyone wants to be a little bit thinner or a little bit more attractive, but I'm not too bothered about my looks. I think they're decent enough.

 

[El Poncho]

What am I? I don't think I have anything residing within me waiting to get out. I act like me, I don't put on an act to people or oppress a part of my personality.

 

[Umwerfer]

I look, but there's only a indefinite whirl of unexplored ideas. No room for an alternate selfxD

 

[Serenegoose]

Basically me, but with pink hair, (mind, that bit happens every once in a while) and without the excess tummy. Oh, and better teeth.

I have other images of myself depending on my mood.

 

[Dango]

I quite like me the way I am. And I could never trust myself to make me look better, I would probably just screw it up.

 

[kintaris]

This is tough. I certainly wouldn't see myself as more muscular (I'm incredibly skinny but that isn't something that bothers me).

But I probably see myself as slightly... airbrushed. I think everyone does. I mean, we all have favourite angles of ourselves in photos, and its hard to argue all the time that those are what you really 'look' like as it's only what you look like from that one angle. Same as when we visualise ourselves in our heads, its unlikely to represent fully what we actually are in person, and depending on your disposition towards yourself, you're either going to play yourself down or big yourself up in your imagination.

Personally, I like who I am physically so I appear pretty much identically in my own visualisation of myself. However, my inner self is about 100x better at expressing himself in public.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

I'd take myself with some extra pounds of muscle and even better dressed.

 

[fix-the-spade]

If my inner most self came out...

Well, my idealised version would be a (more) driven, (more) athletic and self confident version of me.

However, the reality of my deepest darkest mental working becoming manifest would be not far removed from a Khorne Beserker.