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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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  • I always think about it like this: the real me is the one who I would like to be if there were no societal expectations, and the person I am when I'm at home on my own where nobody (except my also-ND partner) can see what I'm doing. If that person is still influenced by others, that's okay, because it's for my own benefit and nobody else's.

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  • I always think about it like this: the real me is the one who I would like to be if there were no societal expectations, and the person I am when I'm at home on my own where nobody (except my also-ND partner) can see what I'm doing. If that person is still influenced by others, that's okay, because it's for my own benefit and nobody else's.

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