As much as you try to tell yourself that your inner turmoil lives inside your own head, the truth is that most of us aren’t very good actors. People know. They see the faults that you don’t want to admit, like how my anxiety was leading to wishy-washy decisions. But they’re also kinder to you than you might imagine. I remember tearing up reading comments about how I was kicking ass in ways that I wasn’t giving myself credit for.