olena2d ago
In Hiding, a short story by Wilmar H. Shiras, written in 1948, is such a good depiction of autistic experience, of that necessity to mask, of being accused of lying about being able to do something just because the accusers can’t conceive the fact that you can do something they can’t, of existing within your solitude taking joy in books, learning and creating
If you also read that short story, do you also feel it relatable?
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Heather Cook🖖Autistic CoachMay 10

At times in my life when the external requirements on me have conflicted with my internal needs or reality, the dissonance between those two has proved immense, painful, energy draining, and lonely. 1/2

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DigitalCortex.ioMay 2
Masking isn't just exhausting. It's cortisol dysregulation, autoimmune risk, identity loss, and physical collapse. The research is clear. The body pays the price.
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Gardiner BryantApr 25
Autistic Masking saved my life I won't apologize for playing the unconscious game that we're designed to play. #Lore #Neurodivergent #Personal #Autism #Self-improvement #AutisticMasking #Synesthesia #BryantReview gardinerbryant.com/autistic-mas...

Autistic Masking saved my life
Autistic Masking saved my life

I won't apologize for playing the unconscious game that we're designed to play.

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Gardiner BryantApr 25

Autistic Masking saved my life

> I won't apologize for playing the unconscious game that we're designed to play.

#Lore #Neurodivergent #Personal #Autism #Self-improvement #AutisticMasking #Synesthesia #BryantReview

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Autistic Masking saved my life

I won't apologize for playing the unconscious game that we're designed to play.

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Heather Cook🖖Autistic CoachApr 18
I did people-pleasing and #AutisticMasking disguised as "customer service" until I had nothing left. 1/3
Heather Cook🖖Autistic CoachApr 12

A lot of what I had to unlearn when unmasking wasn't so much my own beliefs about myself, it was other people's concepts of what I "should" or "shouldn't" be that I had internalized over the years and accepted as true. 1/2

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Heather Cook🖖Autistic CoachMar 30

I want to float an idea.

There's a version of being sensitive to the other person, of being aware of them and attuned to them, that isn't masking. 1/3

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Heather Cook🖖Autistic CoachMar 27

People sometimes ask me what to say when they disclose their autism, like there's a script that'll guarantee a good reaction. But there isn't.

There's no perfect combination of words that'll make someone respond with acceptance and support no matter who they are or what they're carrying. 1/2

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Heather Cook🖖Autistic CoachMar 20

For Autistics, how people-pleasing usually develops is when the people around you are either telling you explicitly or kind of subtly giving you the message over and over and over, that your natural autistic reactions to things aren’t acceptable. 1/3

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