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authorNicholas Johnson <nick@nicholasjohnson.ch>2023-08-25 00:00:00 +0000
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+title: "To mask, or not to mask"
+date: 2025-04-05T00:00:00Z
+tags: ['autism']
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+For anyone who is unfamiliar, masking is when an autistic person pretends to be neurotypical (normal). We mainly do it for social survival because many normal people won't treat us with basic human dignity unless we pretend to be like them. We can't mask continuously however, because pretending to be someone you're not is exhausting and causes a lot of stress and anxiety.
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+So in my high-masking autistic experience, one of the most difficult decisions I have to make is *when* to mask. I've recently come to the conclusion that I've been masking too much, due to sheer number of times I've had the following happen:<