# Who are you? What makes you, you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 3, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-what-makes-you-you/922106 "2020-10-03T10:05:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-what-makes-you-you/922106/21 "2020-10-05T03:05:46Z")
I am a person who gets lost in my own head trying to explain who I am. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-what-makes-you-you/922106/22 "2020-10-05T03:13:03Z")
I am the awareness that knows about that guy. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-what-makes-you-you/922106/23 "2020-10-05T14:30:55Z")
That’s a good question. Sorry you’re getting so much flak. I’m certainly not defined by my job. It’s nothing special or specialized. I’d say I’m defined by my love for my family, my love and compassion for animals, my interest and love of nature, my quietness, my mostly optimistic view on life, my wanting to always look my best, my pride in my Italian heritage, my hesitancy to not share _some_ embarrassing or hard things that go on in my life, the anger and sadness I have with my son’s death from cancer. I guess that’s what I’d want people to say when they talk about be after I’m dead! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-what-makes-you-you/922106.md?page=1)