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Regression Social Skills?

KuriouslyAutistic44

Hello beautiful people! So I am curious what people have experience with regression in social skills. I feel like since my burnout, social skills have been in the workplace is "unfiltered" and I can not adapt to the normal social politeness or so -call professionalism as before. I have also realized that socializing with others is painful especially in groups or even some one on ones. Talking and communicating and knowing what to say or do...is challenging for me. Especially when there is an "unspoken expectation" to be 'polite, nice, filtered, or professional". I have been "using the professional mask in the workplace or to be socially acceptable and likeable and now that is out the window.  I am curious if anyone has experienced regression in socializing or maybe this is just what UNMASKING does....lol

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  • Hi, I was high masking at time, but after giving birth and the maternal leave I kind of lost my learned social skills. I’m in a good position here because I work in a warehouse with few “cave men” who are also not masters in professional and polite behavior, I’m a bit like a shy girl although I’m 36 but look younger as others say. I remember struggling massively when I worked in a call center and customer service generally. It made me feel sick when I had to do small talk, pretend I’m happy while I was lost like a child in a fog in all those social rules and overwhelmed because of sensory issues and stress generally. I owe this forum the fact that I found a job that suits me. Because I found here people who I share a lot of experience with and I understood that I don’t have to fulfill others expectations at all cost. 
    the only disadvantage of this job is noise, but here I have my easy solution ear plugs and no one makes any troubles out of it. In previous jobs it happened to me to have sensory meltdowns but at that time I had no idea about that and looked other conditions confused being told by doctors that I’m exaggerating or making it up. But it’s a different story. 

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  • Hi, I was high masking at time, but after giving birth and the maternal leave I kind of lost my learned social skills. I’m in a good position here because I work in a warehouse with few “cave men” who are also not masters in professional and polite behavior, I’m a bit like a shy girl although I’m 36 but look younger as others say. I remember struggling massively when I worked in a call center and customer service generally. It made me feel sick when I had to do small talk, pretend I’m happy while I was lost like a child in a fog in all those social rules and overwhelmed because of sensory issues and stress generally. I owe this forum the fact that I found a job that suits me. Because I found here people who I share a lot of experience with and I understood that I don’t have to fulfill others expectations at all cost. 
    the only disadvantage of this job is noise, but here I have my easy solution ear plugs and no one makes any troubles out of it. In previous jobs it happened to me to have sensory meltdowns but at that time I had no idea about that and looked other conditions confused being told by doctors that I’m exaggerating or making it up. But it’s a different story. 

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