I do that when I'm at my job. That's because I love my job. The weird thing is that I get along much better at my job with people than at where I live. So since I like my job and pretty much like the people, I do put on a very happy face. But I feel like I'm hurting inside.

One day I felt very stressed out at work. One man just asked me, "what's going on with you? You always seem so happy". One other time someone commented that he couldn't believe that I don't go out and have fun. He thought that I had a lot of friends because I'm such a happy person. Outside of work, I am a real nothing.

One time a nice man at my job and I had a serious discussion about depression. He had it, too. The more we talked, the more I felt like we had things in common. He told me that at the area where he works, there's a lot of hurting people. He said that I may see lots of laughing and hoo-hahs around where he works, but they are all really hurting.

So I guess we all can pretty much put on a good act.