I would like to ask about peoples experiences of unmasking, aiming to unmask fully. For the reason of improving health and wellbeing. And how this feels or what improved, or worsened because of this.
Without wanting to go into any conspiracy theories, there is a part of me that there are bad actor normies scheming around us alll the time. This include those who might exploit people with autism to further their aims or neurotype beliefs. Part of me also sees a massive social media drive to encourage more people to unmask, I'm not sure who this benefits unless it is totally self initiated.
Do other people need to know you have unmasked? Have you asked for support? Are the external changes noticable mainly to you or are the internal benefits of doing this commented on by others. Does unmasking also require a degree of disclosure to others, or does another level of masking occur if you don't fully disclose it?!!
I asked ai about it and it said suggested: 'selective unmasking and using scripts to reduce social effort' which seems to be what people who mask are doing to some extent.
