I guess the term "masking" is accurate to use, but I have found myself doing it more and more as I've gotten older, but sometimes I feel like... does it even matter? The reason is because I have learned that people don't like it when you're blunt, they perceive passion as anger, and basic observation as insult. I think maybe, I've been spending too much time without actually interacting with people IRL and I'm losing that masking skill. And the interactions I do have, I might as well not.