Tag: masking
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Masking: When neurodivergence becomes your daily acting role
Do you ever feel like you’re playing a role to fit in social situations? Perhaps you unconsciously suppress behaviors that don’t seem “normal” for fear of not being accepted. What you experience is called masking – consciously or unconsciously hiding your true personality to fit in with the expectations of others. People with autism in…
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Autistic burnout: exhaustion beyond the ordinary
You sit on the couch and feel that you just can’t take it anymore. It’s as if your batteries have been dead for a long time, and yet the world outside continues to demand peak performance from you. You function, you mask, and now you feel like a robot that has finally run out of…