It's been so many years standing with the same people day after day, smiling politely and pretending that everything was okay, when in fact, all along, it wasn't. Finally, here is a place to share what was hidden beneath the perfect facade. An opportunity to talk about it without committing what would amount to social suicide if I was to truly answer the question, "How are you?" with anything other than the standard, "Fine, and you?"

Perhaps in breaking confidence, others will feel a collective easing of the pressure we all must feel. Does anyone else feel this way? Exhausted from pretending?