I've written a thread about #AutisticMasking that I would like to share.

It's raw & honest.

And very lengthy. I'll CW & unlist posts 2+ so that it doesn't take up any space.

But I'm...nervous. I've had mixed experiences here and am genuinely afraid of negativity & hate. I also don't want to incite NT-bashing. That's not the point of the thread at all.

It's just my thoughts on my #autistic experience. I hope people are kind.

Or just scroll by if uninterested.

Thanks 💙

#ActuallyAutistic

Season 3‼️ Things are gonna be different around here…

I've got 3 stories for ya…
"Living Unmasked Is a Political Act Autism"
"Love & My Friend Billy: A New Epic Myth"
"Faking Normal… Writing, Masking, Autism & Me"

Podcast, Text, Video (captioned for audio processing)

@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AdultAutistic #LateDiagnosis #ADHD #AuDHD #Masking #AutisticMasking #AutisticJoy #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent

https://autisticaf.me/2023/01/07/season-3-love-politics-faking-normal-3-new-autistic-myths/

I am autistic, I am not “someone with autism”

Read my latest blog post. 👇

https://autisticbee.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/i-am-autistic/

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #autistic #AutisticMasking

#AutisticMasking is comparable to the gay closet or to women being nice, smiling and dressing female. It has apolitical dimension, as much as a psychological one. It is a fear based suppression of self that forms a double consciousness. What are your experiences?

#AutisticMasking is based in trauma and is a trauma response, rather than a deliberate choice. It is also something all normative environments require of you. Like school, that often traumatize autistic children. Like work, like many social environments. #Unmasking is a form of emancipation and a gradually letting - go - of- subconscious- fear process. It also makes me more irritating to others. Today I danced in train. Big whole body stim. Deeply satisfying.