As long as the mask you wear for the public doesn't become "you", then both your true self and the public can work together. Once you lose track of the inner you though, then the problems start. For example, I can honestly say that I don't know who I am. I'm working on it, but after doing some research into this whole True/False Self concept, it really seems I developed my false self long ago so that I would be acceptable to society. The problem is that I don't know what the truth is anymore so I gotta go find it.

Once found though, you can still interact well with the world as long as you know what the true you is all about.