Are you afraid of unmasking your neurodivergent traits to the world, because you fear that you won’t be accepted? In case you don’t know, unmasking is when neurodivergent adults stop hiding their differences, and start boldly showing the world who they are. Many neurodivergent people mask their differences at a subconscious level, out of fear that they won’t be accepted… Read More
Unmasking and Masking
Autistic Masking: How to Identify the Mask
When it comes to autistic masking, many of those on the spectrum often struggle to identify their masks. (If you don’t aren’t familiar with the term ‘autistic masking’, check out this post I wrote. It explains it well). After learning that I’m autistic, I started learning about masking, and how autistic people often create subconscious masks to hide their autistic… Read More
4 Consequences of Autistic Masking
Oh, the consequences of autistic masking.. where to even begin? (If you don’t know what that is, check out my first post in this series ‘What is Autistic Masking and What Does it Look Like?’) Masking Autism helped me survive the first 21 years of my life before I had any idea I was autistic. I’d always felt different, but… Read More