What do you think of me? Can you ever get honest answers?

First: I’m sorry if this seems self-indulgent. It was a homework assignment from my therapist meant to illustrate that your own image of yourself rarely matches other people’s impressions of you.

I am supposed to ask 5 people what they think of when they think of me.

Now, most people I know are polite and/or political so it’s hard to get an honest opinion so I thought I’d share the idea with Fluther.

If you have an impression of “me” that you want to share, please PM me. Otherwise, my question is; can you really get an open opinion from asking this question directly of others? Would you ever ask this of someone you were sure had a negative image of you? How is this helpful?