To some extent. To keep people from crossing into something that I don’t want them to know. To keep me from getting hurt.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be - Vonnegut

Yes. If we are confident in our belief we can become, at the very least, shades of what we want others to believe we are. If the intent is to become what you our masks, and work towards the proper goals, we can become them. Unless it's batman. Thats.... some things are jsut very unlikely to become a full reality.

That whole fake it till you make it thing really works with the proper tools in your pocket.

I think we do it to hide our strengths. It is our light, not our darkness, that scares us the most

No.

Masks suffocate pretty soon. One needs to breathe in order to live.

Do you become the moustache you wear to hide your vulnerabilities? 🤔

Yes. I was a drug addict for 11 years and many more than that on recreational drugs. It was my mask. I only knew that once id walked away from it and the pain was still harsh. The mask just hid it periodically

On here it is all illusion.

A wild country with shattered dreams, people searching, and bewilderment.

Is that what is going on below the facades we call real life.

Never completely. The mask was made for a purpose. One that cannot be forgotten.

I think most people do. And there's a lot of encouragement to do so.

Only on the surface. Deep down we remain a mess if we still have childhood traumas unconsciously ruling our lives.

It's okey to be vulnerable, it teaches us humility. Wearing a mask sometimes kills the genuine and beautiful you which is your soul.

We become the mask we wear when it gets too comfortable ..

We certainly do

Not really.

No.

I wear it to expose then exploit then egress with ease.