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Unmasking as a adult

Bearer1976
  1. I'm 46 and I have spent my life masking.

I have to mask when I'm out,at work but mostly when I'm at home with my family.  They either get stressed when i say something or jokingly put me down or they simply get stressed there self.

How do people handle it? As I just feel numb most of the time.

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  • I have a place, a studio, where I make work. I make it the way I want to, and I surround myself with other who make and express in the way they want to.

    This seems to help me when at home I often have to mask my more colourful self for the good of the family.

    Not ideal, but a work in progress. The two worlds are slowly combining but as with all changes in life, these things take time. So for now, it's just whatever helps I guess.

    I'm very aware that 'chnaging' how I am is as big a change for my partner as it is for me. But potentially much harder for her to understand.

    Hope you find a solution as well

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  • I have a place, a studio, where I make work. I make it the way I want to, and I surround myself with other who make and express in the way they want to.

    This seems to help me when at home I often have to mask my more colourful self for the good of the family.

    Not ideal, but a work in progress. The two worlds are slowly combining but as with all changes in life, these things take time. So for now, it's just whatever helps I guess.

    I'm very aware that 'chnaging' how I am is as big a change for my partner as it is for me. But potentially much harder for her to understand.

    Hope you find a solution as well

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