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Masking, personality and hobbies

Vicky

Hey!

I got diagnosed as an adult so I’m pretty sure I’ve been masking my whole life and still not very open with people.  I know I’ve been copying other people (real, famous, fictional).

The question is, how do you know where the masking stops and the real you begins?  How do I know what personality and hobbies and even what clothes I wear are really mine?

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  • it's a process... I am going through this myself... am reading Devon Price's Unmasking Autism. Really recommend it. 

    What I am trying to do is to be more aware how I am when I am alone, by myself. Do I behave differently, do I dress differently and are there interests I have that I hide from others because I fear they won't approve? Do I choose clothing etc that would give me approval from certain people or because I like them myself? Are some of my interests tuned to make connections with others or because I am really into these things? 

  • in reply to NAS80873

    Yes it’s hard with social media as well isn’t it! I’ll try that and look for that book too thanks 

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