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> If you're autistic, don't mask I strongly agree. Masking is a maladaptive strategy and it's described that way in the literature. But you do have to figure
by ants_everywhere 1y ago
> If you're autistic, don't mask
I strongly agree. Masking is a maladaptive strategy and it's described that way in the literature.
But you do have to figure out who you are and what matters to you. A lot of autistic people spend much of their youth trying to be other people and only really figuring out what they like when they're in their 30s, 40s, or older.
- dpark 1y agoYou could drop the word “autistic” from that last paragraph and it would still be accurate. This is just the human experience.