Veil of fear

Sometimes we don't communicate out of fear of confirming our positive perceptions to be false...
Sometimes we don't communicate out of fear of confirming our negative perceptions to be true...
But we do not communicate.

Beliefs

The pain is always real, the belief that causes it might not be.
But we deny the pain, and cling on to the beliefs.
Choosing pain over the death of our pet illusions.