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I've unfortunately learned that continued masking is the price we have to pay for our existence in this society. The few times I let up I paid dearly (broke down at work due to years of accumulating stress - fired. Broke down at home because of the former - almost lost my relationship. Etc.).
I'm no longer willing to jeopardize my already bleak future with it.
I'm pretty much unwanted and banned all over, because of the many times I did not keep it together.
While many live casualy, we must always be on guard, in an eternal war of many casualties.