I think we all wear masks, the good employee ,the spouse ,the parent and on and on .... I think MI changes the way and need for our masks, instead of showing what we think the world wants, out of fear we wear that (I'm not MI mask) and that failure to be honest to ourselves causes internal struggles , added onto the MI this starts a vicious cycle that can be so hurtful to our self image ....

the fear mask is not of our own choosing and is very distructive ... although I have not outed myself yet, by accepting my MI I have begun to change my opinion of myself and I feel my mask is changing ... I believe if one could ever completely free their self of fear and embrace their MI the mask would fall off ... it would be replaced by a regular mask, the employee, parent ect...

we will always wear masks , but the mask we wear out of fear is the one we struggle with the most .... I find it hard to believe anyone would want to openly be know as MI but that is indeed the only way to drop that mask ....

This has been rambling and hard to follow , maybe confusing but is the best I know how to express it ...

If you really want to understand masks read after Joseph Campbell ...