The psychology behind a double life being lived. Living a double life is encouraged by the thrill of secrecy. The potential consequences you may face if exposed and when exposed to those you know it is implausible. It is a exhausting lifestyle to live from the demanding of keeping up with the persona you created. Depending on what double life you have eventually your life will spiral out of control.
Now rather the choice of path to take is infidelity, cat-fishing, being a backstabbing friend, or just out right pretending to be someone you are not. The internet is a cess pool of people living double life’s. For example, cat-fishing is extremely common and is used mostly because it is much easier to conceal the lie. You can carry that separate life around in your pocket, its more accessible.
In addition to being accessible, cheating online is a popular choice for doubling life living individuals because of the lower threshold of gilt. It allows people to feel more comfortable doing so….
they just delete the history later.
There are dangers to continuing to live a shrewd lifestyle. There is sometimes an effort put into keeping the secrets concealed from others and to protect them selves from their fears. Revealing the truth could involve rejection, loss of reputation, incarceration, or rejection from family and friends. The dangers could be murder, abandonment of family, or even suicide to protect themselves.
The day will come when the façade comes crashing down and the bigger the lie the harder the crash. Living a double life is not only harmful to the creator of the lie but those who are closest to them because they blindly believe their façade. This can have dramatic effects on mental health for both parties, causses a lot of heart ache and pain.