Been trying to unmask for half a year+ now and it's difficult, numbingly depressing, and extremely damaging to my reputation (in places that do matter, not just pointless social status standing)
The end of the tunnel leads to a beautiful forest full of life and light though right?
You're in a neurodiverse comm. "Masking" is what autistic people do to socially pass as neurotypical. Since it's not a natural passive behavior but instead a learned, active one, it can be exhausting and lead to alienation with those one interacts with because the autistic person feels they're presenting a false self to the world.
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