“Don’t be fooled by me,

Don’t be fooled by the face I wear,

For I wear a mask, a thousand masks.
Masks that I’m afraid to take off,
And none of them is me.”

Everyday, we go about routines with a heavy load in our minds. It could be school works, career
succession, family problems, mental health, or being stagnant in life and no motivation to move
forward. This type of things exists below the surface, when someone says “How are you?”, we
are most likely to say “I’m fine!”

Most people find it weird if we went around complaining and wallowing in self-pity all day long.
A downside to all this suppression and denial, and defense mechanisms that we all do to help us
cope with our daily lot.

We do our best to avoid dealing with the discomfort it brings and that this naturally happens in
our everyday life. We are too avoidant coping to deal with challenges in life. Long term denial
can lead to self-sabotage and in inability to determine what is real or who you really are.

We fool ourselves of the truth to justify all sorts of things to ourselves to live a life as free of
internal conflict. We try to dismiss all our thoughts to use negative or false filters to minimize
emotional impact. Pretending can be detrimental to your well-being. This needs to be addressed
so you can open yourself up to true happiness.