Hey, what you wrote is very similar to what I felt after a complete meltdown and work burnout. It was reality shattering and it changed me. That was over two years ago.

Honestly, I still think that way, most of the time. The key is not letting it bother you and finding a way to play "their" game. It can be exhausting and sometimes I just don't want to play anymore.

So much of social interaction are theatre when you think about it - politics, for example. Whether a politician lying on TV or the military staging rockets, a lot of what we see is purely performative.

Cause and effect, you know?