Can't believe I've been so busy I missed this post for 6 days!! I upvoted 100% and resteemed even though it on day 6! lol

I am definitely going to do a #RemoveYourMasks post. This is soo super crucial for everyone, myself included. I could completely relate to what you were saying about being on that path and removing masks but still each time diving deeper and finding more. I used to get frustrated as I removed on and found yet another lurking underneath.. Impatiently I'd tear it off praying that the one true being would be hiding directly below but now I'm starting to release the frustration and accept that the day I peel back that final layer will be the day I stop living.

This response is rather long lol but I wanted to highlight this part of your article :

As a society we are taught to suppress our emotions because it makes us look weak. We are taught that we can’t be too vulnerable around others....we think that we must carry this with us the remainder of our lives.

That entire paragraph is very profound. The emotional programming is so subliminal, so accepted and "second-nature" I dare say with great sadness that we don't notice we're doing it or succumbing to it. The weight of holding all the darkness inside can easily become so strenuous that we are in constant pain - yet we CANNOT put it down.. we cannot give in for fear of looking weak but also because it has literally become part of us and our identity.

What an awesome post and challenge for us all!