Why do so many people feel the need to project a false image of themselves to others?

Let me explain...I keep coming across people who have a false image towards everyone else,not just wiggas,etc but also in a lot of other ways.Why?Is there really any need to do this false thing whatsoever?Tell me!Now!Why do so many people feel the need to project a false image of themselves to others?
That will be the weed talkingWhy do so many people feel the need to project a false image of themselves to others?
Because my leader says Earthlings would not understand we are from a different planet.
its not a false image they are trying to percieve, it is them!





i believe the people who your talking about are followers. they like to mimic other people - this is their personality. while others will follow their own instincts and lead their own way - this is their personality.
Safety for the most of them, they front because its like a suit of armour.





Its all BS, plastic people melt under heat.





An who you tryin to kid 'cus we see you!?!





You can understand the office front, those souless places are destroying to feelings, but unless we are true and stop being social chameleons (sings, we change to suit the people around) (Ian Brown) things al never change.





Damn it people, a candle shining in darkness is the brightest one around, stop diming your light....








Note 2 self, breathe!!! lol
because they are not confident in them selfs.





if they are making them self look like someone else they may think the person will like then more
The want people to like them and be accepted within a group. I think this indicates a low self esteem as people become unauthentic to please others. Congruence between how someone feels and behaves takes confidence.
Because they don't think the person would like who they really are. Simple.
Because the real one is awful...
How's Glasgow these days and are ice cream wars and deep fried mars bars still all the rage.





I have several false images which according to the bible is wrong...but quite frankly 'm dear I don't give a damn.





I am what I am and who I am is me.
Is it anything with desire to be renunited with their primary care giver leading to narcissistic tendencies and a desire to construct an image of self that is ultimately unsatisfactory?





Or maybe they're on the run from the fuzz?
deception is a fun game and a lot of people use it. it makes their lives more exciting. being straight with honesty can leave you exposed. and then other people will expect that all the time.moonraven/cinderella
Everyone has different personas in different situations... it is how they function in the world...i.e. everyone will act differently around their friends compared to how they react around their parents and the same with teachers, police men etc..





but as for the overall acting ';false'; then there are lots of reasons why this is done...





maybe they feel this get's them the most 'rewards' i.e. friends, attention, etc.





maybe they just don't like themselves as they are and are trying to find a new persona that they will like.





or they could be shy and trying to come across as more confident... most self help books and people will tell you that, in order to overcome shyness, you must ';act'; confident...it is a technique designed to make you more confident in the long run but you may come across as false to start with....





projecting a false image is pretty harmless as long as the person means no harm by it....





It is more harmful with two faced false people who will act overly nice only to change and become nasty behind your back..
...We have the custom to see the other with ourself.


...If you want study yourself, look to heart of others, but if you want study the others, look the yours heart's.
Because they don't like who they are; either they feel inadequate in themselves or they have had a lot of people tell them that they are. A lot of young kids pick up negative messages from parents, teachers, family and friends that tell them they ';aren't good enough';--and they believe it, so they create a persona they can feel better about. It's sad.


BTW--what's a wigga?
please tell me what a wiggas is
It's just social camouflage.
they arenot confident about who they are and assume the other person will ignore them if they knew who they really are.
Some people think that acting/talking like the others will help them ';fit in.';


I prefer to be known as ';me.';
Some times it just helps to break the ice when first meeting someone or getting to know them. Some reveal their true self or let it show through more as they get to know some one. it is all about maintaining their Image. Guys can have big egos and play into it. Usually because they have lower self esteem in an aspect of their lives and need to compensate for this. As for girls, they just want everyone to like them.
OK, let me ask a question....what is a 'true' image ?





We are all just mosiacs, we put ourselves together from the moment we are conceived, and don't stop until the monkey suit falls off.





This smile, that laugh, that tone of voice, these expressions, that way of holding a glass. In a sense these are all 'affectations', we select the items that we like and paste them on to our projected 'persona'.





If we like we can do a complete 'makeover', and appear to be someone completely diffferent. You wouldn't dream of calling it 'false' if you see a friend dressed up to the 'nines' for an interview, or a first date, would you. What's the difference ?





I don't believe that there is any such thing as a 'true' image, just whichever one suits at that time. In which case you choose, images are either all 'true'..........or all 'false'.
Because they are unhappy or not satisfied with aspects of their personality or character and they are trying to fit in with whomever they are with at that point in time. They do it because they feel a need for acceptance in their life.