Almost all people wear a mask, especially when in society. External transformation according to a certain situation is a purely “social order”. That is, a person changes due to the circumstances that have arisen. Thus, people, putting on the most “comfortable camouflage”, adapt more easily in society, which allows them to feel relatively safe.

Unfortunately, each new layer that a person puts on makes him forget about his true essence and about what is there, in the depths of the soul. Put on protective covers can be compared to an onion. After all, as you deepen, you come across a new layer that brings you closer to the base. Psychologists distinguish 4 main layers of personality. Their versatility, features, structure will be discussed below.

STREET WINDOW LAYER

The uppermost personal layer, consisting of the image: gait, manner of presenting oneself, clothes, facial expressions and gestures. As a rule, the mask is silent. This is the appearance of a person, his ability to stay in public. This can also include only cold contacts. That is, questions like “How to get through …?”, “What time is it?” and so on.

The layer is somewhat false, sometimes it is difficult to imagine that a street traffic controller, a police officer or a sales manager with a forced smile are also living people. In fact, they are completely different. These people are just playing a role, but they all have secret desires, inner aspirations, fears and feelings.

Wearing this mask, a person is silent and constrained. Limitations in the manifestation of emotions are immediately evident. He is in public when it is necessary to behave in a certain and pre-created way. After all, to show your true habits and habits means to leave the zone of personal comfort. If a person has the opportunity not to wear such a mask, in public he will feel relaxed, at home, that is, completely “at ease”.

FRIENDLY MASK LAYER

Forming this mask, a person strives with all his might to match his own image with generally accepted norms, requests and expectations of those with whom he communicates. Informal communication and social inquiries are the main things in the formation of the “friendly mask” layer. In some way, the “buddy mask” is a reflection of what a person feels and then demonstrates in front of an authoritative audience with the goal of get her approval.

This layer, as described above, is an overlay. People try to look wonderful, successful, bright personalities. Of course, many of them are. But still, each person tries to embellish himself a little, to appear before the public in the most favorable light, to show his best abilities, skills, talents.

Being under this sometimes excessively superficial layer, people fall in love, charm their chosen ones, make new acquaintances, go on first dates. A person moves to this level when formal communication with others smoothly flows into informal. For example, when he communicates with a colleague not only at work, but also is on friendly terms.

LAYER “HOME MASK”

This layer appears when people relax and become themselves. And here you can see that those who in public pretended to be, for example, “princesses” also have ordinary human needs. The difference between a “home mask” and a “friendly mask” can be huge. Finding a well-known person dressed in a “home version”, you can simply not recognize him.

For example, a person with excellent manners, who is decently kept in society and whom everyone knows as a sociable and successful person, at home can turn into a whiny melancholic, a capricious child, or a despotic tyrant. It is for this reason that many business partners are disappointed in each other. Lovers who have recently created a relationship may also not be happy to see the “home version” of their other half.

People, communicating for a long time, get tired of wearing “friendly masks”. Therefore, they, relaxing, expose their true face. As a result, vices, shortcomings and negative habits appear. In the case of marriage, this situation occurs: faced with reality, they realize that they have tied their fate with the wrong partner. At first they were happy with everything, but now bitter disappointment has come. So it turns out that they marry their loved ones, but live and subsequently get divorced – with hated enemies.

LAYER “DEEP ESSENCE”

This layer is called the fundamental layer. Archetypes exist in him at an unconscious level. And personal “deities” and “demons” live in it. To get to the fourth level of human personality, it is necessary know him very well. Sometimes this layer is exposed if a person falls into certain circumstances.

No wonder they say that people know almost nothing about their fundamental level. Most often, the layer is opened during overstrain, extreme nervousness and stress. Energy exhaustion, severe shock, the use of spiritual practices and sleep – these conditions can also provoke the manifestation of the “deep essence”.

Those who abuse drugs or alcohol while in a certain state can also observe a fundamental layer of their personality. However, this happens unconsciously, a person, as a rule, does not remember anything, he seems to be in oblivion. However, people who manage to consciously see their own “deep essence” may be shocked by what they had to face. Only “outstanding” individuals, those who have comprehensively studied and very deeply known themselves, have permanent access to this layer.