It's a fun game of pretend. I have a COVID, I'm disabled, I have asthma, I am homeless.

But I get to keep applying for jobs while I pretend I'm perfectly OK. And the second work starts, I'll be working full-time with COVID, as if I'm perfectly OK.

If I want to survive, the only way to do so is to act like I'm perfectly OK.

I deserve an Oscar.

#COVID19 #COVID #Disability #Disabled #Homelessness #Unsheltered #JobSearch #Hiring #Pittsburgh #LateStageCapitalism #Masking #Neurodivergent #MutualAid #SurvivalMode #TheGreatPretend #WorkingWhileSick #InvisibleSufferer #Spoonie

P.S. Pittsburgh sucks. I wish I'd never come here. I wish I'd never believed in myself.

The Masked Me: unconsciously raises my voice whenever I speak Japanese or Korean in order to sound more feminine (ugh!).

The Masked Me: deliberately says “like” every 3 or 4 words to sound more like I’m from the U.S. even though my hometown is nowhere near California’s San Fernando Valley where the verbal tick originated.

(I normally don’t use “like” as a filler word. It grates at my nerves like fingernails on a chalkboard.)

The Masked Me: stops rocking back and forth in my seat whenever Hubby walks by. (Even though he’s also neurodivergent and knows of my Autism.)

The Masked Me: says I should feel ashamed if my brain and body shut down from overload and I just freeze as if someone pulled the plug.

The Masked Me: says I have to be productive every waking moment of my life and even at home, I should always look busy. (Hubby always gets on my case about this, telling me I can and should chill, but it’s a hard habit to break!)

What does the Masking You do?

#actuallyautistic
#masking
#neurodivergent
#neurospicy

Neurodivergenz ist kein Trend, sondern der Moment, in dem du merkst: Vielleicht warst du nie „zu viel“ – sondern nur im falschen Raster unterwegs.

Für alle, die sich zwischen Diagnoselabel, Selbstzweifel und „reiß dich doch mal zusammen“ bewegen – und wissen wollen, warum Neurodivergenz mehr ist als eine Social-Media-Schublade.

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#neurodivergenz #neurodiversität #adhs #autismus #masking #mentalhealth #burnout #stress #andersdenken #highlysensitive

#Urp #Shader #Grass #Hlsl #Unity #Tesselation #Masking #Color #Quality #Curvature #Width #Height #Wind #Noise #Direction

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Dr Meera Joshi, BM BCh MA (Oxf), is an educator, artist, medical doctor and psychological trauma specialist. Her specialism is understanding and supporting nervous systems to thrive. She is an Associate Fellow at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford where she proudly supports learning and community.

As a recently identified autistic adult, Meera has been trying to figure out how to make sense of things, and realized she needs to do it with other neurodivergent people. For the last 12 months she has been piloting a 'Personal Process Lab' where neurodivergent thinkers come together to compare and contrast their sense-making in a structured yet free-flowing way.

Meera will tell us about the transformational results of her work on Sunday, 8th February, 10:00-10:30 am GMT.

Registration now open! https://www.autscape.org/2026/online/registration

Full programme: https://www.autscape.org/2026/online

#onlineautscape2026 #sensemaking #selfhelp #masking #trauma

It's amazing how quickly the far-right changed their stance on masks.

#WashingtonDC #DC #photo #masks #masking

I genuinely wonder how often folks here asking everyone to wear a mask get out away from the computer and where they live.

I live in #Seattle. Each time i go downtown, or in my neighborhood to stores, i maybe... maybe encounter 1, maybe 2 out of 1K people out there who's wearing a mask.

I'm not against anyone still wearing them, you do you, but i do wonder if people think posting about it will change this. Again, 1,2 out of 1K people.

#Pandemic vs. #Endemic

#Covid #Covid19 #Mask #Masking

Felt so welcomed by my grocery store cashier who was smiley and chatty with the previous customer then saw me, wearing my mask, and immediately stiffened. Then she coughed loudly on my groceries 3 times. 🤬

#Venting #Masking