Published on 12, July, 2020
I hear a lot about masking, but I'm not aware of myself consciously and deliberately doing that. I wonder however. Can masking be a subconscious/reflex thing rather than something that you purposely do?
Can masking be a subconscious/reflex thing rather than something that you purposely do?
Yes. It's human nature to try to fit in. It is self preservation.
I am a fan of Shirley Jackson . Her stories tell of what happens when a human society needs to find an outsider to vent their anxieties upon... someone who is a bit 'different'. They identify a candidate and then they persecute and murder them. Who wants to be in that position?
This sounds a bit like scapegoat theory. The majority finds one person or a minority that they can blame all 'evil' on?
It's primitive. An instinct. The instinct to mask is a response to that.
I might have to read some Shirley Jackson