Wonder why we like to dress up and go to costume parties?  We like to pretend to be someone else. Pretending to be someone else is liberating.  We have a sense of peace and freedom when we aren't trying to be ourself but instead get to be something else.  We expend a tremendous amount of energy pretending to be "me."  It takes a lot of work.  We are constantly checking to see if the "me" we want to project is the "me" that others see.  We seek confirmation and praise.  We want to be noticed.  We are very self-conscious.  We believe the "self" is the "me" we think we are.  Being "me" is so important, or is it?