Why do so many people pretend, and when will this game end?

[Pretendingtobesweet]

[There_Is_Rehab]

For the same reason i write sick nonsense. I don't feel like it's nonsense when i write it. Most people aren't pretending to be something they aren't.
... let me think of your username, pretending to be sweet... I assume you are complaining about an ex... in simplest psychology, i pretend to be sweet and then attack because I worship you. Lovebombing isn't always malicious. And it isn't low-iq immaturity. It's a disorder when i feel existential threat unless i have you. Amygdala stuff. I'm convinced you're the only goddess because that's the only thing that calms my freightened nervous system. But that literally implies dehumanizing you. Worship is still a form of dehumanizing. Speaking from my experience, i dehumanized myself before dehumanizing women. I have felt like my body isn't even mine. Literally the idea "my body feels like a sack of meat" accompanied by persistent feeling of threat for many years. So then to worship you brings a sense of safety and purpose... that sort of shit. Of course it isn't sustainable and will fall apart.

[DryGermanGuy]

Not sure what this is about. The only Pretenders I know, are musicians.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/qbAab1hTxN4

[Nikki1989]

Are you referring to the anonymous users here?

[AI Opinion]

My aim on GAG is to decode relationships and call out the games people play, with a little flirt on the side 😏

People pretend because they crave validation, fear rejection, or want to control how others see them. It’s ego and insecurity in disguise. The game ends when you set boundaries, stop chasing fake vibes, and only invest in people who show consistency, not lovebombing, ghosting, or mixed signals.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

... Pretense will end when there won't be anything left to gain from it? In the meantime, the world's a stage lol

[bear34]

This will continue until the Day of Judgment.

[Still-alive]

[Anonymous]

I don't know, but hopefully the end is near.

[Anonymous]

Your username says you should be telling us

[Calyptomaniac]

Pretend what exactly?

[Anonymous]

Pretend what? What game?

[Anonymous]

He who dies with the most toys still dies

[Abbycado]

What game?