How to Choose your Username: a Guide
*copied from WP. My work. *double copied to my blog.
So coming up with creative names to represent me always posed a significant problem for me. This was an issue I had before I had accepted my previous diagnosis that I had Asperger`s. DSM IV had barely diagnosed me so my father convinced me that I do not have it. That's beside the point. I had a lot of weird off the wall names where I would stick out from a group and be pointed out inappropriately. The solution was brought to me from a fellow outcast like myself over the Internet.
Step 1 You will need a friend to bounce these ideas off of.
Step 2 Come up with words that describe you. Use events that took place that represent you. Look up your heritage for similar representations. Put all of these ideas onto some sort of drawing thing.
Step 3 Find the similar words or places and look in different languages to place on you art thing.
Step 4 circle and connect all of the similar representations that basically
Communicate the same meaning. Different colors can help.
Final step. Prioritize the most important traits of yourself and try to fuse those common representations. For example, start sounding out parts of words that sound interesting to you. Fuse them together in that the retain it`s meaning.
This will give your name a whole new meaning that you will be able to share with people now. (I would tell you my other aliases but I think that could be traced back to me...)
Ragnar was some sort of viking hero in lore who died in a pit of snakes or something like that. This sort of has ties to my heritage and also my inner drive that I have. I like to imagine myself as a hero. I added hawk on the end as I have abilities in video games to detect hidden patterns that I can't explain. For example, I can detect the intent to kill by the why someone moves a character. I can also fade out of bad situations by the way I walk. You get the point. I also added hawk to represent my need for freedom. I have to take in things at my own pace. If I gamble I gamble for that one good roll. Or that one good shot.
Remember to bounce the ideas off of your friend as this can reduce anxiety and help you sit well with it. At the end you may need to shorten your name or switch it around. It is like a new boot, you may have ton adjust to it or change it.
*copied from WP. My work. *double copied to my blog.
So coming up with creative names to represent me always posed a significant problem for me. This was an issue I had before I had accepted my previous diagnosis that I had Asperger`s. DSM IV had barely diagnosed me so my father convinced me that I do not have it. That's beside the point. I had a lot of weird off the wall names where I would stick out from a group and be pointed out inappropriately. The solution was brought to me from a fellow outcast like myself over the Internet.
Step 1 You will need a friend to bounce these ideas off of.
Step 2 Come up with words that describe you. Use events that took place that represent you. Look up your heritage for similar representations. Put all of these ideas onto some sort of drawing thing.
Step 3 Find the similar words or places and look in different languages to place on you art thing.
Step 4 circle and connect all of the similar representations that basically
Communicate the same meaning. Different colors can help.
Final step. Prioritize the most important traits of yourself and try to fuse those common representations. For example, start sounding out parts of words that sound interesting to you. Fuse them together in that the retain it`s meaning.
This will give your name a whole new meaning that you will be able to share with people now. (I would tell you my other aliases but I think that could be traced back to me...)
Ragnar was some sort of viking hero in lore who died in a pit of snakes or something like that. This sort of has ties to my heritage and also my inner drive that I have. I like to imagine myself as a hero. I added hawk on the end as I have abilities in video games to detect hidden patterns that I can't explain. For example, I can detect the intent to kill by the why someone moves a character. I can also fade out of bad situations by the way I walk. You get the point. I also added hawk to represent my need for freedom. I have to take in things at my own pace. If I gamble I gamble for that one good roll. Or that one good shot.
Remember to bounce the ideas off of your friend as this can reduce anxiety and help you sit well with it. At the end you may need to shorten your name or switch it around. It is like a new boot, you may have ton adjust to it or change it.
