Describe Who I Am Essay

Describing who I am is one of the hardest questions I have ever had to answer. Part of why this has been such a difficult process is because I am still trying to figure out who I am. At first, I could not wrap my head around the idea that I had many different roles in life. For example, I did not understand how being a daughter contributed to who I was. I have always been a daughter and always will be, so I did not understand how it is an active role I play. I now understand that communication with my parents and others is shaped around the idea that I am a daughter, not a son. Some of the significant roles I play in life currently include being a sister, a friend, a and a rock climber; all of these roles help better my self-image and continue my self-process.

Being a sister to my

According to Maslow’s hierarchy, one must reach a feeling of belonging and good self-esteem in order to self-actualize. I know that people include me and people value me, but my mind has a tendency to tell myself that I am not included and that I am not that important. I believe that I am naturally very narcissistic because I am always thinking about myself. Although, I mostly think bad things about myself. Constant internal dialogue that is negative has caused me to have bad self-esteem. People wonder how I am so self-conscious with two lip piercings and dreadlocks but deep down, I knew that if people were busy looking at the things I can change (eg. hair and piercings), they would not pay attention to the things I hate about myself. Before taking this class and thoroughly analyzing the roles I play, my self-image never improved. Forcing myself to look at the value I actually have in society helped me to see myself as I am, not worse than I am. Martin Luther King Jr. gave very similar advice: “Number one in your life’s blueprint should be a deep belief in your own dignity, your own worth, and your own