JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="confession" style="margin:3px;position:relative">
    text
    <div class="fakeBorder"></div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="confession" style="border:3px solid #DDD;">
    text
</div>

CSS

.fakeBorder
{
    position:absolute;
    height:100%;
    width:100%;
    left:0px;
    top:0px;
    border:3px solid #DDD;
    margin:-3px;
}

JavaScript

$(".confession").click(function(){
    $(this).find(".fakeBorder").fadeToggle();
})