Do you wear a MASK each day?

I only wear mask when needed baby. I can be myself freely in real life BUT I tend to wear mask only when I have troubles. There are some things in my life that is better left unsaid. I DO need to wear a thick mask here at mylot. I don't think I need to keep repeating to you that I'm a very private bunny. Anyway, you know a lot about me already.

I am who i am, and i don't mask myself in any way shape or form to hide that. If someone doesn't like me for who i am or who i have become than that's their problem, and not mine. I did what i could to become the best i can be for me and who i am, and i don't truly think i deserve to have to hide that.

I used to wear different masks for different people but as I got older I decided to just be me and people could like it or not. I talk to my boss in the same way I talk to everyone else, if she doesn't like it, she can sack me. I found it really difficult to be different things to different people and I was unhappy, that's changed now and the friends I lost, I now know were'nt worth having.

Actually we never know ourselves so well to say what is the real I and what is a mask only. In each role there is some reality. Some behavior models fit to our personality, others are imposed and completely alien for us. I dont think that the single identity is possible, the life is variable:-)

I don't wear a single mask. I might bite on my tongue so I don't say inappropriate things, but generally I'm the same with everyone, boss, boyfriend, father or mother. What you see is what you get, basically!

no, i really don't mask my self every day, infact ireally don't like doing it so i never mask myself

Hello Lordwarwizard, Oh yes, many different masks. They change from environ to environ, and from types of people to types of people. I tend to be a pretty forthright person, yet my professional and business situations prevent me from always shooting from the hip. I make a concerted effort to never be deliberately deceiving, or dishonest in my variety of masks. Yet, each entails some sin of ommission. The hard, cold reality is that my clients neither want nor need to know me, inside & out. So, the mask goes on! The only time I am mask free, is in the sanctuary of my own home.

I think your saying is what we call wearing a different hat for each thing that we do. and I just am me I treat everyone the same boss or no boss daughter or not my daughter son or not a son. For I am just me and if they dont like me that is up to them . Why should I wear a different mask/hat with anyone?

Nope, I am who I am. Now I try to be as kind as I can when people are being nicer themselves. I am myself and do not spend the energy being something that I am not. We can get into so much trouble for being two faced and other monikers. Why not be true to yourself and live freer?

I used to think of myself as someone who wore a lot of masks. I had so many things wrong with my life that I was constantly trying to find ways to deal with them, and often for me that meant presenting myself in ways that weren't honest to how I really felt. I think there are always going to be situations in which you act differently based on the people involved or the rules of interaction. However, I strive to be the same person in all worlds these days as much as possible. That often comes into play online, when people are usually surprised at the amount of personal information about my history that I feel comfortable sharing, or the fact that I like to talk about serious topics. I do think that each person is very complex and has a lot of different facets, and that no one will ever see all of them, no matter how close they are to you. Every once in a while a close friend, my husband, or even my child will discover some part of me that I didn't know was there. But those parts too are me, and not a mask I wear anymore.

Hi lordwarwizard, I was born and brought up in village till the age of 18. Our family was called at our village as Landlord family. Whole village respected our family. (Subsequently we become very poor due to flood covered our all lands with sand.) Therefore my behaviour is different from others as I, upto the age of 18, had no need to wear mask to show my behaviour. Today I am being considered "rough and tough" by my colleaques in my office. my family members and relatives because I deal with everybody in the same manner. I think I am not refined my behaviour by wearing mask as needed today to deal with people.

Wheal isometimes dont share my thoughts on the notion that it mit be just a mode and i might hurt somebody really close to me that in a normal mode id give my life for. Mainly people take on mask to fit in, they want to be how the other person wants them to be if that person our group is improtant to them.And they play roles to look good in those peoples eyes there is a chance that a person never shows his tru personalaty hey may be a shy and introverted person but he acts extroveted so hes noticed and liked by all. Another case would be that that person dosent like how he is or how he looks so he changes his physical aspect which hence changes his view on himself which may change his way off looking at things. Wheal these are my thought on this subject :)

I wish i can wear a mask to work everyday to cover all the pimples on my face. ;) Yeah, my whole outer thingy is my mask. Only people who know me, know me. People who don't know me, will thought that i am such a mean girl, talking and laughing all days long, making joke of people or myself. Actually i think i am one of those low self-esteem person trying so hard to mix with people.

Hmm, that is an interesting way of putting it. For some life is one big role playing game (don't worry I am not a WoW fan!) in which they choose different characters depending on the 'mission' or 'quest' they wish to complete. I have to say that I am guilty of using a different character or mask for different situations that I am in or when I am talking with different people. With my family I am very crazy and do what I please :-P I am myself I guess around my family. With my friends I am a comedian (well the family too ..) and am often followed by others (don't ask me why). And with people I just meet or don't know very well I am a bit shy and can't think of what to say! I really don't think you can always go around not wearing a mask. Like you say I doubt you will talk to your boss or someone that has authority over you the same way you talk to your children. Boss: RESGuy get back to work! Me: Someones grumpy today, do you want your milk now? No I don't have children nor am I married but I can imagine you don't speak to your boss that way hehe Interesting discussion as usual Wiz :-D Rated +.

If everyone knows everything about me, because they can see right through me, then why would I try wearing a different mask? If everyone points out my mistakes, I then have to learn to live my life perfectly, why wear a mask? I'm not perfect, therfore; I don't have to wear a mask to cover up my mistakes, everone knows if I make a mistake. Extroverted or Introverted it doesn't matter, I would end up giving myself away anyway... Why wear a mask? I am the me that I am, why wear a mask? I can't hide, even if I tried.

No, I never wear a mask. I am who I am and Im not changing for anyone or any situation.

I am me and that's it. If others don't like it then that's ok too. I am a professional when at work and relaxed and motherly at home. Two different jobs require two different work ethics but I am still ME :P

The requirements of the task at hand decides which "mask" is personified....you are correct we do not deal with each person in our lives or that we come into the same way...to even think that we do is ridiculous.... I wear many masks each day....mother, wife, grandma, customer, patron, daughter, daughter-in-law, friend....stranger, acquaintance...oh, my friend, so many masks...it seems for me there is a long line of masks...

I would like to think that I honestly portray myself no matter what role I am emphasizing at that moment; mother, wife, teacher, friend, daughter, sister, etc. However, there have been times in my life when I had to wear a mask of normalcy when my life was far from normal. I did this for my children, my friends and co-workers. Thankfully, I don't have to do this on a daily basis as I would probably have a nervous breakdown if I did.

Hey wizard, I am always wearing a mask. I act as though I am ok with everything while I am dieing on the inside. I have done this since a child and it has become very easy to switch the masks without anyone realizing I have done this. I can go from an extremely happy person to someone who can't do anything because of an injury. I will tell the truth but maybe put more emphasis on the pain or injury if I need to get sympathy for one reason or the other. I can go from hating someone to madly in love with them. I can go from the heroin to the damsel in distress and vice versa. I am sure you get the picture. I have "fooled" many people since I was a child that my life was great but in reality I wanted to die! Nobody knew anything and if I had of killed myself everyone would say that they didn't see it coming. I am learning to not do that anymore but still have a long way to go. Now I just "pretend" to be happy when I may not be. :)