The Mask

We all wear a mask.
When we go anywhere we pretend all is OK and smile, all the while deep down we do not want to be where we are.

People ask "how have you been?", We say "great", when in reality we really feel like saying "I am a mess". People who ask you really don't want to know about your illness if it is a non visible one (so perhaps they should stop asking that question, change the habit).
Wearing a mask all day does not do us any good, instead it is for the benefit of others.
Did you know that making "smiling masks" all day long can lead to what is called smiling syndrome?

Forcing yourself to wear this smile mask for a long period of time can lead to deeper depression and pain, (yes depression has physical pain too). And because you have used this "mask" for so long most people around you won't even know that you are using a mask.

Sometimes (more often than you know) people try to take there lives because they are so tired of using the mask, and their family and friends won't understand because they never saw through the mask.