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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 went through this process a couple of years ago. I questioned everything about myself, whether my hobbies and interests were things I actually liked or whether I had just got into them because they were "cool" or gave me something to talk to people about, I questioned how I dressed and what my actual personality was, whether I was quiet or loud etc

    I can tell you you do come out the other side of that, I still question the odd thing here and there but I am pretty comfortable with who I am now and what I like. My dress sense has changed though to clothes I actually feel comfortable in regardless of how stylish they are.

    You will come out the other side of this process and when you do you will have a much clearer idea of who you are 

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  • I went through this process a couple of years ago. I questioned everything about myself, whether my hobbies and interests were things I actually liked or whether I had just got into them because they were "cool" or gave me something to talk to people about, I questioned how I dressed and what my actual personality was, whether I was quiet or loud etc

    I can tell you you do come out the other side of that, I still question the odd thing here and there but I am pretty comfortable with who I am now and what I like. My dress sense has changed though to clothes I actually feel comfortable in regardless of how stylish they are.

    You will come out the other side of this process and when you do you will have a much clearer idea of who you are 

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