When considering the latter of alter, individuals assume pushy, God complex, and absorbed. The word ego distracts individuals from true meaning behind an alter ego. Many will assume that negative connotations associated with the word 'ego' will be inserted to the alter ego in a whole.
However, an alter ego is a distinctive part of an individual that is completely different from their actual self. Think of the alter ego as an individual's second self that is the better version of the double self.
In the attempt to discover the second self, one must know that it is a slow ever-changing evolution. There are tactics individuals have to use in order to dissociate themselves from their true selves when there is a calling for a different individual, a different personality.
Before I walk into a new environment my soul lifts and I become my second persona, Shirls. Shirls, the confident, the wild, the outgoing, and the free-spirited woman. Shirls is positive vibes, she is the club, the bar, and the night. While outside of a club or bar, I am Shirley. The body-conscious, observant, detail-oriented, picky, shallow woman with the fear of picking up guys or meeting new people.
That all changed when I created Shirls. That's right, I created a new persona just to have a great time. I created an alter ego to set myself free by empowering. However, I did not stop there. Shirls was still, too, quiet. There was another side of me aching to be set free. This alter ego was the sexual, flirty, and daring.
This beauty is "Dezod" (translated as troublemaker in Haitian Creole). She is the creative penis decorations on bachelorette party cakes. She set the stage and cat-walks it with ease and no fear of her audience. She reminds me of a young Beyoncé in her double-self prime.
"Beyoncé did not become the woman she is today until she created Sasha Fierce"
Reminiscing of the year 2003, Beyoncé released an epic album that took on the world by storm. She was 'Dangerously in Love' and wanted the world to know it in the rebirth of Beyoncé in the 'Crazy in Love' video.
Still shy and reserved, Beyoncé became a woman. Then, in 2008, Beyoncé blessed stages across the country in a new sexy attitude dawning stilettos. This is when she affirmed to a new persona who was aggressive, fearless, fierce, sexual, and relentless. Her alter ego on stage was Sasha Fierce: "She's too aggressive, too strong, too sassy, too sexy!"
A woman that is set to claim to her confident self when gracing a stage to over 200 fans. Even Beyoncé sought empowerment through the creation of her alter ego.
Like Beyoncé, I did not even recognize myself when I was my third persona. I became another woman and I love being her at the short moment I am her.
Everyone has an alter ego either screaming for release or withering away inside of us. This part of us is the one with the unconventional ideas; the one who walks up to the random person at the bar asking them to buy you a drink rather than waiting on the drink. Set it free and so will your confidence. Empower yourself! Find confidence in yourself by an extension of a double-self.
