Are you a great PRETENDER?

It depends on situation, sometimes, i can pretend not to hear something, sometimes, i pretend not to know how to do something. However, not necessary every situation we can pretend. Sometimes, we must deal with the fact and fact won't lie. Pretending is just a way to avoid things, not a way to solve things. Therefore, better start solving rather than pretending. Cheer!

i don't think that I am a great pretender. I can only sometimes hide my emotions, but not always. Hope some day I can be a great one. lol

Evidently I am a very good pretender. Several years ago I was going through a very serious depression. I was working fulltime, being a single parent and running a business on the side. Unfortunately it got to the point where I had to go to a hospital and when I got out, everyone told me I was the last person they would have ever thought would have been hospitalized for depression. I was brought up on the idea that you just worked your way through things and kept on going. Now, I try to tell people that it is not a shame to have "mental" issues and to get them taken care of before they get out of hand.

No pretending for me..I try really hard not to show it but sometimes, okay, 99.9% of the time, I can be an emotional wreck..My oldest is 24 and my youngest is 19 so they already know what I am like...Now if I cry, or am in pain around my grandsons, I make sure that I explain what is going on...I recently had surgery so I am not allowed to do the physical things with my grandsons that we are used to doing..but I explained to them, and now when they come over they ask how I am feeling..My husband has headaces every day, and I tell my grandsons that papa has a headache and we have to be kinda quiet...My husband tolerates his pain pretty good..He is not a complainer..There are times his pain is so unbearable that he will be in a different mood, but my children grew up around this and we adjust...It is okay to cry or be in pain around your children, it is normal..You want them to know that if they are in pain or need to cry it is okay to do it in front of you or other people...It is very natural...

i think i am. especially infront of my family and friends. as much as i can. i'll try to hide the pain and hurts inside of me coz i dont want them to bother about me.

when i feel that things is not going right...i just pretend that everything is just doing fine,everything is just alright and would just pass by.i don't want the people around me to feel the pain i am feeling as of the moment..yes, i am great pretender..

I try to pretend and not show it very much.Sometimes Iam better at it than other times.I wouldn'tmake a very good actress.

Unfortunatly I am great at pretending in front of my kids because I don't want them hurt by my bad feelings. exspecially if me and my husband are fighting. It sometimes is a good and bad thing because I don't tend to show emotion. Of course I show them lots of love but never other sides of me. To the point that my son asks me sometimes how I can always be happy so we had a long talk and I told him that I wasn't always happy. Since he is 15 it was good to talk to him about it.

Yes, though its hard, sometimes I have to. Because I dont want my children to be affected. It happens to me, when my husband had an affair with another woman... the problem between me and my husband should be between me and him, I dont want other people to know or notice.

i'm not a married person yet, but if im hurt nobody notice it.. i know how to handle my situation, though i need someone to talk to, so that atleast it will ease the pain that im feeling.. and yes.. im a great pretender, all my life i've been pretending.. that i'm ok, but im not..

I'm pretty good about sucking up physical pain. But it's emotional pain that I have the problem with. I have problems holding back when I'm sad. Normally when I'm sad and crying I try not to let my daughter see me that way. I don't want her to get upset as well.

I have hard time hiding my emotions, but I try to hide them as best as I can. I usually hide in the bathroom where I can get some privacy when I need to cry. Then I step out like nothing happened. But children are smart they can sense when something is wrong.