Why Do Society Wear Masks

“All societies end up wearing masks.” Jean Baudrillard, America How do we end up wearing masks? Why did we end up hiding our real identity? Peer pressure, judgment of the society; trust issues, past experiences, all of them are the factors why we ended up wearing the so called masks. Can we blame someone who is wearing it? Maybe yes, maybe no. It depends upon their reasons. What if they are just trying to wear it because they are trying to fool someone, what if they are trying to wear it because they want revenge? We have different reasons, so we’re not supposed to judge because we don’t know what we are seeing is the “real personality” of them or just a facade, but then again, it’s the society that I am talking about. Societal pressure

In addition, masks exists because we are ashamed of our real personality, our real self, were so afraid to be true to ourselves, that’s why we created another one, a personality which can be accepted by the society. But some person are hypocrites, they are not wearing masks, it’s their real attitude, and hypocrites in a way that they won’t admit that they are just fooling their self. Every person has different sides, not literally sides, but I mean sides like the dark side or they termed it as the side you don’t want to see. And also, the thought of knowing that they are already brave, strong enough boosts, encourages, motivates, and it let them feel secured. There are different kinds of masks, masks that have their own history, a story why they existed, a story that only people whose willing can unfold and can see the denouement. Masks, masks, it’s a term that I can relate to the word “alter”. We all have that “alter” or what I see as other self. I don’t consider having “alter” a disorder as long as it is not diagnosed like MPD, because changing personalities is normal for me. Our personality depends on the person, the place where we are, and the attitude? It depends to whom we are

And as for my case, responsibilities can affect my personality. I’m different when I’m with my family, when I’m with my friends, or when I’m at school, and obviously when I’m alone. I can go from being a stupid, childish, crazy person to a serious one, perks of being a woman. Masks, I did wear that at times, it’s a need though. I need it especially when I’m not in sanity, I don’t want people to get involve to what I’m getting through, so I’ll just play cool, chill, and okay. College, it’s where I feel like I got out from my shell completely, for the first time. I’ve been playing fool during high school and I need to adjust because I’ve been surrounded by sensitive people and trying to explain to them what I meant even if it was supposed to be a joke is big problem. They will take it seriously, my bad because when I’m getting in the “mood” I no longer control whatever comes out from my mouth, and such events forced me to keep silent whenever there are arguments and filter whatever I am saying. But of course, Human’s logic, they will ask you why you aren’t saying something; I prefer to keep my mouth shut because I don’t know how to make my ideas or comments pleasant to their hearing. And I also don’t know why people are just