I think people would leave if they knew the real me i've masked pretty much half of my life and now im scared to show the real me even though its what I plan to do this year and im really scared cause I feel like people are gonna leave me when they realize the mistakes i've made and they are going to hate me and my actual identity and especially my parents and some of my friends will probably laugh at me and make fun of me or even just silently judge me because of they're beliefs and thats what scares me I dont want people to not like me I want people to love me for who I am and I dont want to be a burden I dont want to admit I've been struggling cause Im scared they are gonna see me differently and then they leave and I'll have no one to talk to again cause of my really bad social anxiety which tbh is part of the reason why I started masking in the first place but I hope everything goes well and hopefully they will like me for who I actually am.