make-believe

-how dou you actually become attractive?
(-you don't.)
(-do you?)
(...)
-well, you keep on pretending you are giving yourself and the rest of the world the illusion
you actually are until you start believing you actually are.
-hm.
-well, yes. you might call it self-condfidence.
-that's it!
-I might just call it delusion and deception.