Do you put on a facade to cover your feelings? Or are your emotions obvious to others?

I'd help you if I could, pretty Lady - but everyone tells me that I wear my stuff on my shirt, and broadcast it in flashing neon lights.

Being a person of restricted affect, I do not have the emotions or feelings that would require a facade.

Most people think i'm always happy and full of life. I don't show my feeling to people in general but my wife knows when things are bothering me.

My emotions are usually obvious to people who know me well. But sometimes it is necesary to pretend everything is fine when it is not so that you can maintain your privacy from strangers. To do this I have to think of mundane things and say them out loud so that I do not let my inner voice take over.So if I'm in a grocery store, I might pick up something and read the ingrediants etc. Any time someone is near.

We all wear many masks depending on the moment. Even those who think they don't almost always do. The difference is the amount we choose to show and who we choose to show.

Of course there are exceptions to every rule.

I, for one, don't often share my inner feelings with outward displays.

As to explaining how to do it I don't know if there is a manual it is simply something you learn on your own. I can make myself indifferent about almost anything with very little effort. You might find that hard to do.

It is a bit like lying to a lie detector, which I can also do with little effort. If you are one who can't help crying, or getting excited watching a movie you can practice by not responding to that stimulus.

But you might keep in mind that it isn't necessarily a good thing. So unless you aren't capable of controlling yourself, IE; outbursts of anger or breaking into tears over little things, just accept that you are you.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.