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Pretending to be normal

Billy87
8 months ago

Does anyone else feel that they can pretend like they're normal for a short amount of time (and actually cope quite well like a regular person in the outside world) but after a couple of weeks the effort is too much and you crash and burn out and cant "be normal" anymore?

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  • 8 months ago

    Yup!  It's called masking and is guaranteed to exhaust you and burn you out.

    These days I just try explaining to people why I do stuff differently and carry on my way. Those that matter don't mind, those who mind don't matter.

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  • 8 months ago

    Yup!  It's called masking and is guaranteed to exhaust you and burn you out.

    These days I just try explaining to people why I do stuff differently and carry on my way. Those that matter don't mind, those who mind don't matter.

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