I feel like I'm going through the same thing and your words make so much sense now.

This is so true... "I find that letting go of the resistance and judgment of myself and others allows me to shift the roles or "masks" more easily and it's much more simple to just be authentic. Authenticity seems less about removing masks and more about consciously choosing and being aware of what mask we wear at what time. Sometimes it's just necessary to play our parts in others' lives and not be judgmental of ourselves or them to enjoy life as the experience that it ultimately is in the end."