On Mask Personalities

Continuing from my previous post, I am thinking about how masks are prepackaged personalities. If we consider that these mask personalities are equal to natural personalities, this comes with certain interesting side-effects.

Some people are incredibly paranoid of people getting inside of their heads. They are so concerned with being predictable or readable that they often put on a mask in order to make it harder to predict their non-masked selves. The problem is that, if their mask personality is consistent, and is consistently kept on, then the person is still predictable because their mask personality is predictable.

In a certain sense, wearing masks is similar to multiple personality disorder. Your body houses these different personalities. They're all you, but they're distinct. They vie for the space in your mind and body. It is possible to maintain control over your masks, to use the right one in the right situation, but very often, they are trying just as hard to have control over us.

If the mask personalities win, there are a number of adverse effects that could result.  More on that next time.