Definition
To behave or act naturally, without regard to how this behavior is perceived by others.
To be as one usually is, as opposed to being sick, depressed, etc.
In Context
- "All you have to do is be yourself."
- "I've heard players saying I am like a different person this season and it's true. When you are back with the team you can be yourself again, you can join in the fun and express yourself more normally."
- "Seeing Murphy's long pushed aside mushy feelings is a sweet moment. It almost feels inevitable that these two would find each other. Murphy has found someone she can be herself around and a built-in family with a surrogate daughter who understands what Murphy has gone through."
- "She was also there when I cut my hair, which sounds trite, but for me it was a big deal. I've been on hormones three years now and I'm almost at the point of where I want to be. I feel like I'm finally myself."
- "What's wrong? You're not yourself today."
- "At that moment it seemed to me that everything was possible for Monica and me; and going up to her I said, "I've never seen you like this!" With her eyes still closed she said, "I'm not myself today!" She began to laugh. Then I began to laugh, because of what we had both said, and because of her laughter and the sun and the sky and the lake."
- "One bright June afternoon, he pulled us aside and told us he wasn't himself. He was doing what he loved most — playing basketball, swimming in the lake — but he couldn't enjoy anything."
- "I also think it is because I portray myself, I am more confident and outgoing - I am finally myself again."
See Also
- find oneself
- to thine own self be true