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Can anyone explain why I’m the opposite?

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I’ve recently seen so many posts/articles online about girls with autism behaving really well at school and then having meltdowns at home as a result of being exhausted from masking all day. I was the opposite and I just don’t know why. I was awful at school - like excluded/suspended multiple times from year 8 onwards. But at home I was literally an angel child, so much so that my parents never believed the school when they would report what happened each day. 

Can anyone offer any explanation as to why this may be?

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  • School is challenging and can be a sensory overload. Home would be your safe place, so you would be more content.

    I was generally good at school, but I did have the occasional ‘outburst’ which I now know were meltdowns. I never really got into too much trouble from teachers, because I was so quiet 90% of the time. I would lash out. Goodness knows how I got away so lightly! 

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  • School is challenging and can be a sensory overload. Home would be your safe place, so you would be more content.

    I was generally good at school, but I did have the occasional ‘outburst’ which I now know were meltdowns. I never really got into too much trouble from teachers, because I was so quiet 90% of the time. I would lash out. Goodness knows how I got away so lightly! 

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