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I want to unmask

Ellie

There's so much I want to say about this but I'm working out how to word it out on here. So, I'm just going to keep it brief and blunt. 

I have been masking my autism for many years and I want to unmask. But I don't know how. 

Please help.

Parents

  • I have realised that my masking is as much part of me as my autism. Other than being exhausted if socialising for too long or too intensely, my masking, or camouflaging as I think is more accurate for me, causes me no particular distress. Therefore, I have no pressing reason to stop. Also it smooths the way when interacting with allistics, so it is of some benefit to me.

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  • I have realised that my masking is as much part of me as my autism. Other than being exhausted if socialising for too long or too intensely, my masking, or camouflaging as I think is more accurate for me, causes me no particular distress. Therefore, I have no pressing reason to stop. Also it smooths the way when interacting with allistics, so it is of some benefit to me.

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