The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

by William Dameron

I was not just one man, but many. I was everyone and no one, and I was panicked.

“You know, Billy, when you love someone, in a way, you want to become them.”

But what happens when the impostor begins to truly believe he is someone else? What happens when everyone, religion, society, your friends, and your family, lies to you? What happens when you are riddled with holes of insecurity and the key to your survival is to become somebody else? You catfish yourself.

We are all catfishing the world in some small way.

living the truth is a form of resistance and persistence.