Halloween Costumes: Are We Hiding or Expressing Ourselves?
Psychology Today | 30.10.2026 23:37
When I was five, on Halloween I dressed up as a cat. My mother sewed my costume from felt and painted whiskers on my face using her black liquid eyeliner. I stood happily in our front yard, excited to try on the identity of someone other than myself. When I was eight, my costume preference changed: I was a nurse. At eleven, I was the Queen of Hearts.
