Hiding yourself.

Throughout my life I have pretended to be something that I am not.

I used to pretend that I was overly confident, when really I was so self concious that I would actually look at myself in the mirror and talk my self down.
I used to pretend I didn't care who's feelings I hurt, when really after I had hurt someone I would go home and cry about how awful of a person I was.
I used to tell my older sister that I never ever wanted to be like her, when really all I wanted was to be as beautiful and kind as she was and is.
I used to tell my father that he was the worst, when really I thought the complete opposite.

Every single one of has has pretended to be something that we are not. But, why do we do it?
Is it because we are worried that our peers won't accept us for who we really are?
Or is it because we are afraid to be judged, and afraid to hear the truth about who we are.

Who we really are is trapped inside of our heads, our thoughts. People know you from what you have let them know, and we usually don't let them know a lot. Not many of us allow our inner most thoughts to be spilled out to the world. We keep them hidden to hide ourselves. We hide ourselves out of fear. Fear of what others think, and fear of how others will take it.
That is why I hid myself.
I didn't want people to know I was self concious.
I didn't people to know that I cared.
Why? Because I didn't know how they would take it. It is in our human nature to fear the unknown.

Now my question is for you guys is why do you hide yourself?
I know you do, or did.. because all of us have.
But, why?
And that is my question.