Different Personas

I would highly recommend cosplay and theatre groups. Theres room to further experiment. 

if you were not autistic, and loved playing with psychological facets of the self, this is where you might find yourself. 

I did this when I was forced to get a job at 15 and couldn’t cope. I turned it into a game. I was more curious how people would respond to my different behaviours. But I didn’t really separate them from my self as, having tried a bit of theatre I had been taught that we have all these different ways to express different parts of our being, or different emotional states. Essentially it’s a part of Meisners Method Technique- allowing “play” to help us listen to what expressions might lie within us. 

Now I can recognise, as Autistics, we’re not always helped understand ourselves (most NTs struggle with a sense of independent Sense of Self, but mirror the world). I think this can be a bit of turning mundane things into a trip of imaginary play that can make life a little more enjoyable. 

Yeah I wouldn't worry..the human brain and the human being very complex things which btw we still don't know everything about...psychologically speaking yes the brain can split into different persona's to cope AND no you're NOT crazy in fact it's been proven its actually the brain finding a way to deal with stuff...there is documentary on a woman who has about 2000 different personalities and she is certified sane.

I'm 87.5% confident, from the description that's what Damious, the poster,  means. There is copious material and help in understanding this.

Another term I use is imposter syndrome: one does not linger long with relations as keeping track of myriad masks takes a great deal of energy, we think we will slip up and reveal who we really are (as close as we can come to knowing who that is.)

So we skedaddle when we fear we are about to be revealed as an imposter., when we can no longer hold up the mask. I do not know any older people on the spectrum who do - or did - not do this. Young people on the spectrum do it too but it presents differently.

The link I posted below says it all. this presenter is really a beacon in the fog for all of us.

I've never done so myself, but I can see why someone would. We're often told to fake it until we make and pretend we can do things as a way of getting us to do things outside our comfort zone, I see what you describe as an extension of that. As you know you're doing it and aren't doing anything outrageous or illegal, I'd stick with it if it helps you cope with situations that make you uncomfortable.

Interesting topic. I can say for myself, as a part of probably masking, I used to adapt someone else’s style, gestures, behaviour even interests to fit in and it made me feel better, like I finally stopped being the boring nerd and broken little girl, started being like others and hopefully belong somewhere. I heard that Adapting someone else’s personality or style of behavior is a part of ASD masking. If this is what you mean. But I also heard that it’s related to ADHD, so maybe I confuse something here or maybe it’s similar for both conditions as they share quite several traits. 

investigate masking.

www.youtube.com/watch