Published on 12, July, 2020
My question is - do you have any place (community, environment, online,,, anywhere) where you feel you belong to and can be 'as you are' without masking or concealing the autism diagnosis?I'm an autistic adult who recently found out I'm autistic, in my 30s.Currently I feel a little lost, that I am reluctant to disclose my diagnosis at work, to my friends, even to my family... I feel I never experienced 'unmasking' too. So I'd love to hear some others stories who have places like you feel home.Thank you!
I've noticed that even when totally alone I can mask. It's the least likely time though.
Other end of the scale is at work, I always felt like there's never been anyone there that actually met "me".
I'm getting comfortable with the idea of "unmasking" but haven't really made many steps towards it yet. When I was younger I didn't mask, or know I had a reason to, so went through jobs and friends pretty quick and just assumed everyone else was the problem, I don't want to end up back there!