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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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  • Yup! Menopause and burnout hit big time right about the time I was also in crisis with my medical phobias. I didn't know I was Autistic but the mask just fell away. I couldn't have masked at that point if I'd wanted to. Now I know I can't be bothered to put it back on again and don't see why I should.

    To be fair, I'm very lucky at work. I'm not the only Autistic person on the team and there is respect for us as Autistic people. Moreover, I work predominantly from home. Others, don't have that advantage and the obligation to mask up must be though.

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  • Yup! Menopause and burnout hit big time right about the time I was also in crisis with my medical phobias. I didn't know I was Autistic but the mask just fell away. I couldn't have masked at that point if I'd wanted to. Now I know I can't be bothered to put it back on again and don't see why I should.

    To be fair, I'm very lucky at work. I'm not the only Autistic person on the team and there is respect for us as Autistic people. Moreover, I work predominantly from home. Others, don't have that advantage and the obligation to mask up must be though.

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