Published on 12, July, 2020
After a lifetime of copying people to fit in (without realising) how do I stop? How do I find the real me? I feel exhausted right now. I've been reading about ASD in women and wow do I mask alot depending on the situation. I feel I dont know who I am after nearly 40 years masking. I wish that I could be like my don, he is who he is and that's that. Anyone else experienced this with masking?
I am having exactly the same problem. I have been recently diagnosed with Asperger's at the age of 49. I get through my life by masking and have been doing it so long that, like you, I don't know how to stop masking. As I have become older the effort of masking is becoming exhausting and stressful but I have no idea what I can do about it. Getting my diagnosis was initially a relief, as it explained much of the problems I have experience through my life, but solving this masking problem is key to how I move forward with my condition and I have no idea where to start.