> This 'Avatar' thread is weaving itself into an intricate fabric as somewhere along the line one has overlooked the subject title "What your Avatar says about you"?
> Technically Avatar means - Incarnation, but I presume we are talking about the 'Inner Persona' of each of us - right?
> Come to think of it all of us nurture this inner desire to portray or atleast wish to be identified with an imaginery person which is a creation of our own flight of fantasy.
> This is evident from the Icons that we display against our 'Pseudonyms' in this forum, while our real identity is mysteriously hidden.
> In other words the Avatar we are talking about is infact our "ALTER EGOS". Here's some food for thought.
People have different views on what exactly alter ego is. It is a person that people create within themselves and relate to the person in terms of making it an ideal. Once a person creates an alter ego, they start dreaming about the same and living a life of their own with the alter ego.
Usually, people who have been deprived or who haven’t been able to do what they always wanted to do in life have an alter ego. They seem to live in their dreams and have a life of what they had always wanted.
They imagine themselves in the world of their dreams and reach their goals with the help of this alter ego. Most of the times the interest of the person and his / her alter ego are the same and they try to develop it in their own manner.
There are many people who are unaware of them having an alter ego and there are some who might be aware of the fact.
Having an alter ego at times can be beneficial, provided it does not go overboard. It gives the person a sense of completeness. However, if the alter ego is more perfect than your real self, then it can result in low self-esteem. It is also at times seen that if the alter ego is dominating, then it can prevent a person from leading a normal life.
Cheers
Brihacharan
