When someone is pretending to be something, or hiding who they are or what they believe, they're really more...protecting themselves.
Kelsey SuttonMots clés pretending
Or you could simply throw down a few inches of compost and fake it. That's what we do, isn't it? Do the best with what we have? It's not lying, dear. Don't look at it that way. It's hopeful pretending. Consider it your patriotic duty.
Suzanne HayesMots clés pretending
At cocktail parties, I played the part of a successful businessman's wife to perfection. I smiled, I made polite chit-chat, and I dressed the part. Denial and rationalization were two of my most effective tools in working my way through our social obligations. I believed that playing the roles of wife and mother were the least I could do to help support Tom's career.
During the day, I was a puzzle with innumerable pieces. One piece made my family a nourishing breakfast. Another piece ferried the kids to school and to soccer practice. A third piece managed to trip to the grocery store. There was also a piece that wanted to sleep for eighteen hours a day and the piece that woke up shaking from yet another nightmare. And there was the piece that attended business functions and actually fooled people into thinking I might have something constructive to offer.
I was a circus performer traversing the tightwire, and I could fall off into a vortex devoid of reality at any moment. There was, and had been for a very long time, an intense sense of despair. A self-deprecating voice inside told me I had no chance of getting better. I lived in an emotional black hole.
p20-21, talking about dissociative identity disorder (formerly multiple personality disorder).
Mots clés reality social despair emotion denial depression acting perfection social-anxiety puzzle hopeless hopelessness mental-health rationalization mental-illness circus pieces pretending dissociative-identity-disorder multiple-personality-disorder black-hole parts mpd did functioning
Not wanting the girls to endure the shame of a crazy mother, I spent my days acting as normal as possible. I walked through life, an actor in a Leave it to Beaver episode, determined to disguise all clues of my real condition until... well, until I could find an appropriate moment to do away with myself." [...]
"Yet even as my depression spiraled into ever more precarious territory, I retained an uncanny ability to disguise my true mental condition from everyone except Tom. He was my sole source of strength and he never stopped encouraging me.
Mots clés despair emotion depression acting daughters hopelessness mental-health mental-illness disguise suicidality pretending dissociative-identity-disorder multiple-personality-disorder depressive mpd severe-depression suicidehopeless
You shouldn’t have to pretend to be as excited as I am just to make me happy. If it comes to that, you shouldn’t have to pretend to be anything around me. Friends should be real with each other
J.M. RichardsMots clés friend friends happiness so-true being-real frienship real real-friends pretending lonely-loneliness life-quotes faking friendship-true-and-loyal friendship-quotes quotes-about-life j-m-richards tall-dark-streak-of-lightning tdsol awesome-quotes real-friendship friend-quotes amazing-quotes lonely-quotes quotes-on-being-alone lone-in-a-crowd
I am smiling a big adopted-orphan smile as I write this ... I still love scribbling the word - WRITER - any time on a form, questionnaire, document asks for my occupation. Fine, I write personality quizzes, I don't write about the Great Issues of the Day, but I think it's fair to say I am a writer ... ('Adopted-orphan smile', I mean, that's not bad, come on.)
Gillian FlynnMots clés reality lies writing fantasy smile smiling liar lie ego writer pretending vain superiority-complex compulsive-lying egotistical compulsive-liar self-righteous crazy-bitch out-of-touch-with-reality vainity wannabe wannabewriter
I can be anything – and nothing, and everything at the same time. It all depends on the role I am in.
Simona PanovaMots clés everything sacrifice nothing pretend nightmare anything pretending role nightmarish cardew
I lie more convincingly than I tell the truth.
Simona PanovaMots clés truth romance lie lying sacrifice gothic young-adult pretend nightmare convincing pretending tell nightmarish
His character would be blamed, loathed, discussed, and adored – but somewhere there, behind his mask of a hero, Cardew would remain faceless.
Anonymous.
Mots clés love hate romance character mystery gothic unknown hero young-adult pretend mask hide blame adore pretending behind heroic loved anonymous discuss loathe masked cardew adored blamed discussed faceless loathed
Emotions don’t interfere in my acting, nor in my life.
Simona PanovaMots clés fear life love romantic dramatic romance relationships live living secret danger emotion control drama play feelings acting feeling suspense obsession hidden gothic young-adult pretend relationship afraid masks dangerous mask act hide feel emotional adorable hiding forbidden actor adore scared pretending behind loved secretive gothic-romance affect goth freya affectionate cardew adored forbid emotionless interfere obsessive
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