If your goal is to not let others accurately understand your mental state, here are some strategies to consider, but be aware that honest and authentic communication is usually a better choice: 1. **Expressing too much or too little emotion**: Showing excessive excitement or indifference in inappropriate situations can cause others to misunderstand your true emotions. 2. **Using vague language**: Saying ambiguous things that make it difficult for others to determine your true intentions or feelings. 3. **Controlling nonverbal cues**: Your body language, facial expressions, and tone of voice can all convey emotions. Deliberately using these signals to send messages that are inconsistent with your actual emotions. 4. **Varying communication methods**: Abruptly changing the frequency or method of your communication with others can confuse people about your status. 5. **Sharing misleading information**: Selectively sharing some information while withholding or covering up other parts can lead others to have a biased idea of your status. 6. **Seeking complex social strategies**: Mixing different strategies in social settings to make it difficult for people to determine your mental state. Use these strategies with caution, as they may affect your relationship and trust with others. Relationships built on trust and transparency are generally healthier and longer-lasting.