[freehorse]

Not if you practice a few and cycle them all the time. How does that require any kind of effort once you practiced a bit?

[pavel_lishin]

"This is an example of masking."

"Not it's not, because if you practice masking, the masking becomes easy."

[freehorse]

Masking is (supposed to denote) maladaptive strategy. Learning social and other skills is not the same thing. Hopelessness is being learnt, too.