Can't believe I've been so busy I missed this post for 6 days!! I upvoted 100% and resteemed even though it on day 6! lol
I am definitely going to do a #RemoveYourMasks post. This is soo super crucial for everyone, myself included. I could completely relate to what you were saying about being on that path and removing masks but still each time diving deeper and finding more. I used to get frustrated as I removed on and found yet another lurking underneath.. Impatiently I'd tear it off praying that the one true being would be hiding directly below but now I'm starting to release the frustration and accept that the day I peel back that final layer will be the day I stop living.
This response is rather long lol but I wanted to highlight this part of your article :
As a society we are taught to suppress our emotions because it makes us look weak. We are taught that we can’t be too vulnerable around others....we think that we must carry this with us the remainder of our lives.
That entire paragraph is very profound. The emotional programming is so subliminal, so accepted and "second-nature" I dare say with great sadness that we don't notice we're doing it or succumbing to it. The weight of holding all the darkness inside can easily become so strenuous that we are in constant pain - yet we CANNOT put it down.. we cannot give in for fear of looking weak but also because it has literally become part of us and our identity.
What an awesome post and challenge for us all!
I would love to hear what you would have to say sister! We all have masks that we must remove, at least for a moment so we can be able to see beyond it. But realizing that it is there is the hard part. If we share our experiences then it will encourage others to do the same. This ripple effect would spread to others and it would start a chain of everyone taking off these masks.
I realized this is something that isn't very talked about. There are so many people experiencing depression and anxiety and it causes so many problems to ripple out to others. I wanted to start a movement kind of like the #MeToo movement, but with depression and other feelings that are being hidden behind our many masks.
It can definitely be frustrating to have to continuously work through things that you thought you were done with. But that is also the fun of it, because you never know what is next 😃 It's crazy how deep the programming goes though, like you said. I see so many people that act like they want to support you, but when real emotions start to come out they run. But I don't want to be like this, I want to be open and accepting of all things that people need to let out. It's the only way we will be able to truly transcend beyond this sickness of the mind.
Thank you for the compliment sister, much love! ❤️
Keep on keeping on 😇
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@amariespeaks well written, But the day you peel back that final mask is the day you understand you are now truly alive 😉 😇