Masks

I feel like we are taking about masks, henceforth, the title. I feel like everywhere you go, you have to behave and act a different way. Like most of you with siblings, and even without, your parent(s) would always tell you when you were younger, or even now, "Behave in the store," or, "Don't fool around." While they say this they know how you and your brother/sister usually act at home, but your parent doesn't want you to act that way in public. Most of us, as I'm sure of, not only have friends from school, but also friends from other places, like, as the prompt says, sports or church or even online. I have two major social groups in my life with many friends, church and school. I also have a different social environment in my home. At school, there are so many people, and with that amount of people, I don't fell that it's necessary to always be the loud one that I am elsewhere. I feel more reserved and quiet at school. I don't always express my opinions or sign up for a lot of things. The people in school expect of me to be quiet and maybe not sign up to do things. They may expect me to be a good student, but not be crazy and open. School is the observing deck of my social life.
The next level of my social life would be my youth group. Some of my closest friends are there. At my youth group/church, I'm very loud (and obnoxious at times). I sign up for sot things they offer, leadership mainly. That's where most of my life is. I usually have a great time and I am allowed to express my opinions freely with people who listen. There, I'm so open and loud there. That level, I consider the ground floor, where I can be open, but also not showing every side of me. Not everything that needs to be revealed. When I come into the youth group room, people expect me to be loud, and maybe annoying, and to lead things when there is offering.
My house though, is my mini sanctuary where I can be totally and completely who I am, although maybe getting in trouble for being too loud and crazy at times. My secrets are with my family who I am open with. I feel like I can be so open to them because they love me no matter what. There is no judgement at my house, which allows me to say what I feel whenever I feel it. This is my basement. The place where it's private and quiet, and although messy or dark or dirty, I can be at peace.