Yeah, that can be an issue, more with some than others. As a fellow autistic person I find masking pretty helpful honestly, if nothing else it reduces the cons

Yeah, that can be an issue, more with some than others. As a fellow autistic person I find masking pretty helpful honestly, if nothing else it reduces the constant mental strain from having to do so much other the other kind of masking, in terms of facial expressions and what not. I also find it tends to be a interpreted as a signal to not engage in a bunch of performative small talk, which I don't exactly mind either.