“It is not me…It is not I”
The conceptual mask, or the scholarly persona, is not the only mask I have. I have multiples.
I wear one that I call “the nice girl.” She always has a big, wide, awkward smile on her face, whatever the situation. It is a hiding mechanism, a kind of self protection. I smile, giggle, laugh, make jokes all the time. I don't give people a chance to build any kind of real connection with me, and I don't want them to.
My therapist tells me that I have to let people in, under my skin, stretching my boundaries in all possible directions.
Invasion of privacy and space is not only physical it is also mental.
People invade your mental space…always. They “occupy” your mind.
