Let's take our masks off

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Translation of a text in Italian.

If I had to choose an adjective to describe the way I present myself and confront life each day, I would choose "truthful", just because I don't like to hide what I am behind a mask in order to appear stronger, more determined, happier than I really am, prefer instead to transmit in a clear and transparent way what I am and what I really feel inside, unlike many people who prefer to appear hard as rock to others and then crumble like a cracker inside, or in my case that I'm intolerant to practically any food, like rice galettes.

I, on the other hand, "put my face" in the true sense of the sentence (the one in the picture is actually me) and what I would like, is just to share my thoughts with you, tell stories, share knowledge and curiosity, interact with you, hoping that what I will write may be of some interest or help for someone, if this happens I will be immensely happy, if not, the same, as my mother always says: "live and let live".

My name is Nicola and I am 23 years old, I study Psychology at the University of Bologna, in Cesena, I play guitar and I like singing (although a little out of tune), I have a deep connection with the sea, I think it would be truly difficult for me to live in a city without it.
Also I go to the gym and I'm engaged to a wonderful girl, who, even if she does not want to admit it, fills my life and occupy me, as if it were a full time job.
I love everything that is related to Psyche, or our mind, or for some, our soul, I feel a lot of interest in being able to understand the reasoning and mental processes that underlie certain behaviors of people, and I think that the profession of those who study psychology is perfectly described as being "like an archaeologist who brings to light buried facts of our past", by the well-known psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, whose theories to this day, even if supplanted by new techniques of psychoanalysis and why not, by futuristic neuroscience, are still of great importance.

So what I would like most is to succeed, despite all the commitments of everyday life, to devote time to write about me, you, about the world and anything that flows in my head thanks to the opportunity that I had by learning about Steemit through some people who have shown me its immensity and usefulness.
I know that it is usually very popular to dedicate the first post to yourself, as a sort of presentation for people who want to spend some of their time to read you, well, I thank you already in advance and hope you have appreciated this very brief description of me, and I would like to have your attention again.

With love,
Nicola

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