Becoming of a Sociopath.

"Never trust a person who sheds tears easily"

Were the words I was taught as soon as I could understand sentences, and I adhered to those words.

In my attempts to be a trustworthy person, I exerted myself to mask my emotions until my façade of emotions was accurate enough to even deceive me.

I cried in the dark until I became anxious that the darkness would grasp my emotions.

I was content with the accuracy of my mask, happy that no one had seen me cry.

I realized that now I don't feel any emotions at all, and then it hit me:

In my quest to become a trustworthy person, I ended up becoming a sociopath."