It is apparent that much of the purpose for your identity is to ensure that you are seen in a certain light by those you interact with. It is also easy to see that you have a different view of yourself than the view others have of you and that sometimes you may even wish to conceal your own perception of yourself from your friends and associates.

Despite this and conversely, you may feel that you are capable of recognising the identities of others and at the same time, have some sense of the reality beneath, where you feel that you know the 'real' individual. This may even be at odds with that individual's view of the reality of themselves and who they feel they really are...