Dunbar - "We Wear the Mask"

People always try to be something that they’re not at some point in time. Some may want to pretend to be happy when they’re not, some may pretend to like someone they can’t stand, but everyone wears a mask. At times, it’s difficult to remember who you really are underneath all the masks that we wear. In class we spoke about personas and how everyone has another side of them they may not necessarily be, but act like in order to portray something different. However, sometimes masks are necessary, or at least feel that way. “With torn and bleeding hearts, we smile …” is a line that describes a period of my life perfectly. Throughout middle and high school I was extremely depressed, but I never wanted anyone to know. The best way I thought to deal with it was to wear a mask, telling everyone else that I was happy, when in fact I felt dead inside. Since then, things have changed and that is no longer the mask that I wear, but sometimes that mask is necessary to pull out and use time to time.