The Masks We Wear

             The masks we wear come in many different forms, from good to evil, and happy to sad. We all wear them at one time or another, some more than others do. We wear the masks to cover up the true us, and what we are really feeling. Inside we want to tell people what is going on in our lives, but we fear rejection and we fear that someone will make fun of us for what we believe and how we feel.
             There are different kinds of masks we wear depending on how we feel. Some people feel the need to be friends with almost everyone no matter how mean the other person is to us. They often act nice to others and when they turn around, behind their backs, they change completely. They are brutal to the people they were just so nice to, all because they wanted to make them think that they were their friend.
             When we are sad about something in our personal life, most of the time we cover it with a fake emotion. We most often put a fake smile on our faces and act like nothing is wrong with us. We don't want to be made fun of or ridiculed for something that might hurt our cool image. We don't want others to view us as weak, so we put up an emotional barrier, a mask, to block the emotions so that no one will know how we feel. We put up this barrier to keep people from crossing into something that we don't want them to know, and when they cross the line, we lash out.
             Sometimes the emotions get so built up inside that it converts to anger. We still have the protective barrier, but this time its far touchier. Anger is one of the many emotions that we don't hide, because it's so easy to show. We want people to know that something is wrong, but not specifically what that something is. All they need to know is that something isn't right in your life, and its not making you happy. Chances are in this stage that you don't really want to talk about it. People may try to get you to talk about what you are
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