In relation to work - many times in the past I've encountered the phenomenon of people becoming 'more themselves' when in the pub at lunchtime - more open, honest etc.
The work environment typically warps character, mood, behaviour patterns in response to its falsity, being a place where most would not choose to be (accepting that I'm talking about menial work, rather than career choices such as science or surgery). It did not render them robotic or morose, but in a state of passivity and reluctant fatalism rather than active engagement.
Anarchists might argue that work is the curse upon all mankind. The question arises: what would they do without this kind of work? Would they be able to 'find themselves' and begin a life of creativity and exploration - or simply languish on the sofa, dying slowly to the soundtrack of daytime TV?
Who is 'real' on this forum? To the extent that all present only sides of themselves, these sides being designed to give the impression of self-confidence, cleverness, 'cool', hip (!) etc. Because this is a public domain and even though no physical harm can be done to be 'real' still feels like an act of exposing your underside to attack.
To be honest, as opposed to 'fake', or not completely 'real' when it comes to being yourself, is to be braver than most. It reveals what faking it masks; that we are all prone to idiocy, ignorance, failings and a cartload of emotional responses which are either 'unacceptable' or render us weakened in the eyes of others.