Masking: are we any good at it?

Since re-reading Gilly Knitter's thread 'What does unmasking look like' I've been a bit lost in thought........

Until two or three years ago I'd never come across the term 'masking', and upon hearing it immediately thought 'I do that'... but now find myself wondering if I've been any good at it.

In everyday work and play I've never fitted in and am sure that others have noticed; in fact many have been abrupt and quite rude about it. So maybe I'm not as good at masking as I first thought..... or does the mask slip a little?

I really don't know.

Ben

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battybats over 2 years ago

I seem to be in a bit of a grey area with my masking. I mask well enough that people refuse to believe I'm autistic, but there's still something 'off' about the mask that results in people finding me annoying or weird. I suspect that's quite a common experience.
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battybats over 2 years ago

I seem to be in a bit of a grey area with my masking. I mask well enough that people refuse to believe I'm autistic, but there's still something 'off' about the mask that results in people finding me annoying or weird. I suspect that's quite a common experience.
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DeSpereaux over 2 years ago in reply to battybats

I often found that appeasing the Neurotypical need to have everyone conform, is more than they are worthy of, explaining why you deserve to be afforded equal respect is casting-pearls-to-swine at a certain point..
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