8 Hidden Habits of Women Hiding Deep Pain Behind a Mask of Strength, Reveals Psychology
There were times when I caught myself in the middle of a conversation, laughing along with everyone else, and yet I felt completely separate from the moment, like I was just going through the motions.
It wasn’t that I was faking happiness—it was that I had learned to perform it so well that even I started believing it for short stretches of time.
But pretending doesn’t make the feelings go away. It just buries them deeper, until one day, you realize you don’t even know what genuine happiness feels like anymore.
