強がる usage and meaning


~がる is used to describe third person's feeling but today I found this word
"強がる私" I don't know why 強がる is used with first person like 私.

Is it because the speaker speaks in other point of view ?




If there is a reason, you can safely use がる for a first-person subject,
because the basic meaning of がる is "to show signs/indications of ～". See:

  * [Another example where I don't know if 欲しい or 欲しがる is right](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3105/5010)
  * [Can たい and たがる be used for a 1st/2nd/3rd person's desire?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/23861/5010)
  * [When to use 欲しがる instead of 欲しい](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2524/5010)

Here 強がる is basically a lexicalized verb and thus has a negative overtone, but
this がる still means "to show signs", and there is no reason you cannot use it
with a first-person subject.




If there is a reason, you can safely use がる for a first-person subject,
because the basic meaning of がる is "to show signs/indications of ～". See:

  * [Another example where I don't know if 欲しい or 欲しがる is right](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3105/5010)
  * [Can たい and たがる be used for a 1st/2nd/3rd person's desire?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/23861/5010)
  * [When to use 欲しがる instead of 欲しい](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2524/5010)

Here 強がる is basically a lexicalized verb and thus has a negative overtone, but
this がる still means "to show signs", and there is no reason you cannot use it
with a first-person subject.

