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We Wear the Mask

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People today generally hide who they are to either protect themselves, or protect others. Many people hide themselves on a daily basis either by force, or willingly.
A young man of about 18 has been forced to hide his true self. For years, now, he has fought with his parents about whom he feels he is.  His parents think that some parts of what he is, is unacceptable. They have forced him to be someone he knows, deep inside of himself, that he is not. He has claimed to feel like he has to hide a part of him from the world to prevent his parents from becoming angry. This young man has had to deal with people not accepting who he is, and yet, he still wants to show his true being. Against his parents’ wishes, he still tries to show the world who he is. He has made many great friends, and even someone an average person would assume to have become more than a friend to him. That person supports him in every form. She wants him to be who he feels he is, despite his parents will for him to be, in their mind, perfect. He has claimed that sometimes, he has had to hide himself for so long, he’s hiding who he feels he is, from himself.
He hides himself in numerous ways. He can no longer communicate with people that were associated in a certain group he had become fond of. He can no longer write stories about this group either. Nor can he even speak of this topic. His parents are against it 100%. He has no choice but to hide himself. When he feels that he is hiding that part of him from himself, he goes against his parents’ wishes and finds ways around their rules to feel that he can be whom he wants.
Why does he do this? He has been forced to agree to never show that part of him. He has gone through so much just trying to become the person he was meant to be. And yet he has to hide himself from the world constantly fearing his parents and what they could do to him if he was to show that part of himself. This young man has worn a mask to please other people instead of himself. That is why this young man hides his true self from the world.
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Arzachel's avatar
...Actually. At first I thought it was about being gay. But, obviously I have no idea who it's about. So.

;)