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I had no clue that I was an autistic person until my 50s. I have masked heavily my whole life. I was just seen *and othered* as weird, sensitive, creative, gifted, intense, nerdy, awkward, withdrawn, quirky, blunt, clumsy, etc., etc. ...
I have carried depression and anxiety, to varying degrees, as long as I can remember. Stomach and intestinal issues. Extreme sensory sensitivities. Special interests. A perfectionist with executive functioning issues. I cocooned myself in art, literature, and science. …
I went to college. 1 year in, I changed my major to art. I went to grad school. I held down jobs. In consulting, I disassociated my way through client meetings and presentations. In corporate environments, I chafed against meaningless hierarchies and inefficient processes …
1/7 Rejection Sensitivity (alt text in picture descriptions) 
2/7 Rejection Sensitivity
3/7 Rejection Sensitivity
1/5 Situational Mutism Pt. 1 (alt text in picture descriptions)
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The difference between Autistic masking and Autistic shielding, a thread.
Ahead of my talk on this, thisWednesday on @aucademy
Autistic masking is a trauma response to the consistent bullying, harassment, stigma and marginalisation Autistic people face.
Ahead of my talk on this, thisWednesday on @aucademy
Autistic masking is a trauma response to the consistent bullying, harassment, stigma and marginalisation Autistic people face.
It is so much more than trying to fit in or fly under the radar. It is unconscious self-preservation, an automatic response to keep us safe.
There is also a misconception around Autistic masking that we become outwardly non-Autistic in our behaviours, mannerisms and speech.
There is also a misconception around Autistic masking that we become outwardly non-Autistic in our behaviours, mannerisms and speech.
This plays very nicely into the neuro-majority idea of invisible disabilities and differences, which is a total fallacy. The idea of ‘invisible’ disabilities was created so that non-Disabled people could continue to gaslight, neglect and abuse us under the guise of ‘not knowing’
