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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to do this for work and it wasn't for me. Your fake identity has a way of killing off your real identity, because you have to take so many steps to preserve the fake identity. You end up needing to lie casually to all kinds of people who have nothing to do with it, in order to preserve the separation. It ends up creating barriers to friendships and normal experiences. I can see doing this for God and Country but it is bizarre to me that people do this for no apparent reason. For example, Jessica Krug, the professor that faked being a poor black Latina from the Bronx, and Hillary "Hilaria" Baldwin who fakes a Spanish identity/upbringing. These fake identities have essentially destroyed their real identities, ruined their professional lives, and have probably wreaked havoc in their personal relationships. [/quote]

You forget that these people have mental illnesses that probably create compulsions for them to lie. You don't, which is why you found it harder to  navigate.
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It's possible they are mentally ill, but it's equally possible they just lied to personally benefit themselves. J[b]essica Krug was a professor of African studies and she was able to pretend to speak with experience about life as a black woman, get scholarships, etc. [/b]"[b]Hilaria" Baldwin attempted to build a social media following around a fabricated identity of a fancy islander European with a charming ignorance of American culture and even the English language.[/b] I suspect they are not mentally ill, they are just okay with lying on a moral level. But even if morally, you're okay with lying, the logistics of a fake identity are really elaborate and they probably didn't think it through when they launched their double life. [/quote]

Both prime examples of mental illness / disorders. Are you a psychologist or trained psychiatrist PP? No.[/quote]

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