Why Does Your Personality Change Depending on Who You’re With? The Psychology Explained

Have you ever noticed that you become loud and playful around your best friend, quiet around your parents and unusually professional around colleagues? It can feel as though several different versions of you are living inside the same person. But psychology suggests this does not necessarily mean you are being fake. Our behaviour is shaped by the people, environments and relationships around us. Researchers increasingly describe personality as something that has both stable qualities and context-dependent expressions. In other words, you may not be changing who you are. Different situations may simply be bringing different parts of you to the surface.