I had a pretty easy life growing up. I too began cutting and attempted suicide on several occasions.

I have always been alone in a fully crowded room. I was no longer a happy girl I was just... a girl... a very depressing one. The one positive in all this self-sabotage is that your reaching out and expressing your position public ally. I have been diagnosed with Bipolar PTSD and major anxiety since 1998. I believe that if I take my mask off that people will start to hurt. Mine won't be with us for much longer, but I hope to see her at the end of the year. Let us be bold enough to show to the world that we are vulnerable.

We often disguise a happy and worry-free life. Thank you to whoever wrote this poem. I was a very bright boy, because of the treatment I was given all that dropped down to low level. That day I learnt a valuable lesson stay true and don't be afraid to show your true coloursThank you for sharing. My granny started treating me badly which lowed my self esteem as a kid when I was growing up. Its a battle zone behind my mask and some days I'm barely hanging on. I put a mask on every day and it hurts more and more every day I put this mask on. I have been bullied a lot of time, and it bothers me a lot. My father disowns me. I wear a half mask.

I am also 12 turning 13, and all my friends think that I am the silly, funny person in our group, but every night I cry to bed thinking of my gran who died. Thank you.I liked the poem but I feel a bit different by reading it. Pretending is just like eating a salty chocolate. Is that too much to ask?I'm touched by this poem. because I believe that, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD :)I related to this poem immensely, and felt like I was wearing a mask most of my life until I found my soulmate.

I wear a mask every day because this is only place I can hide myself. This led to a depression. Well that helped me in finding who I really am.


None of my friends know this.

This poem describes me so much I can't explain it. In life we just act reluctantly in front of others trying hard to suppress our feelings.This hits everything I feel inside!

You either win, or die trying.Hi Alley Jennings thank you for that story and honestly don't worry about those type of people that bother you they just want to get a bad reaction out of you. We have to take care of ourselves. I have depression along with social phobia.I too wear a mask. She's still mine so I can't.

(Weird in a good way btw) then they also thought I wasn't pretty, cool etc etc. And to my surprise I too found myself wearing a mask. Favorite Answer. Basically, anything that’s a REAL emotion. She took me in under her care I still have anxiety problems but not as much anymore. We only stop our act when we die, so why not play the role we were meant to play?
Today is the day. It is love that can remove ones mask, true love.

I feel like I'm alone most of the time. but when times changed they stabbed me in the back. We need to acknowledge our failures and downfalls in life. I never wanted to tell them what made me feel so much shame and misery and I never have. My husband works around the clock. I do have trust issues my birth mother gave me and my 5 siblings up for adoption when I was 10. that made the situation worst. Nowadays, I don't hate myself as much.

It sucks. I have had friends who aren't true ones because I couldn't depend on them for help. It's very clever and it reaches out to people who feel the same way :) keep writing awesome person! I miss you, Gran.