Scrolling through her social media accounts, she saw now that she was two separate people. Online, she looked and sounded strong and self-assured, with a perfect family, a well-respected job, and a life that seemed bright and full. Looking at her, people would say she had done well for herself. But the other version of herself, the one she was tapping into now, couldn’t regulate her emotions and kept secrets even from herself. The falsity of it, and how easy it had been to pretend, made her nauseous.
