I mean as in Spy x Family. Everyone has a secret they hide from everyone else, even their closest people.

Do you think real life is like that?

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    it’s called roles. we play the sibling role, parent role, friend and SO role, our job role. there is no true self, just adjusting to meet the role’s needs.

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      Just watch out for the person who thinks they have to be the handler role all the time. That’s a messiah complex.

      And some are psychopaths in all roles and each role just covering for it.

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      I’ve always thought of it like a d20. For every role we occupy, we show a different facet on top. Some facets remain visible despite not being the “dominant” one, but others are hidden on the other side.

      No single face is our “true self” but they are all a part of who we are.

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      Or persona per the psychologist Karl Jung IIRC.

      So definitely a thing for basically everyone.