It's the time of year for costumes and #masks everywhere
Spooky, silly or weird, there are many.
But what about those we wear all the time?
Show us your masks or #masking in #SensoryArt this week!
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#EastCoastKin #photography #painting #mentalhealth #halloween
Spooky, silly or weird, there are many.
But what about those we wear all the time?
Show us your masks or #masking in #SensoryArt this week!
Inspo feed: tinyurl.com/SensoryArt
#EastCoastKin #photography #painting #mentalhealth #halloween
October 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It's the time of year for costumes and #masks everywhere
Spooky, silly or weird, there are many.
But what about those we wear all the time?
Show us your masks or #masking in #SensoryArt this week!
Inspo feed: tinyurl.com/SensoryArt
#EastCoastKin #photography #painting #mentalhealth #halloween
Spooky, silly or weird, there are many.
But what about those we wear all the time?
Show us your masks or #masking in #SensoryArt this week!
Inspo feed: tinyurl.com/SensoryArt
#EastCoastKin #photography #painting #mentalhealth #halloween
Most of us, to varying degrees, learn to suppress our wants in order to live around other people. Or, we become so convinced that our wants are inappropriate that we suppress them.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
October 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Most of us, to varying degrees, learn to suppress our wants in order to live around other people. Or, we become so convinced that our wants are inappropriate that we suppress them.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
Instead of, “I can’t unmask because no one will accept me,” what if it’s, “I must unmask because people already aren’t accepting this masked me?” What if it’s, “I need to find out who will accept the real me.”
#unmasking #AutisticMasking #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
#unmasking #AutisticMasking #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
October 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Instead of, “I can’t unmask because no one will accept me,” what if it’s, “I must unmask because people already aren’t accepting this masked me?” What if it’s, “I need to find out who will accept the real me.”
#unmasking #AutisticMasking #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
#unmasking #AutisticMasking #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
A reflection on autistic masking, trauma, and transformation, where survival becomes sovereignty.
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
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#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
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The Mask of Hades
On Autistic Masking as a Form of Survival and Power
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October 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A reflection on autistic masking, trauma, and transformation, where survival becomes sovereignty.
#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
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#Autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #Philosophy #AutisticMasking #masking
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A reflection on autistic masking, trauma, and transformation — where survival becomes sovereignty.
The Mask of Hades explores the archetypal power hidden behind invisibility, and the paradox of a truth that must wear a mask to endure.
#autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #philosophy […]
The Mask of Hades explores the archetypal power hidden behind invisibility, and the paradox of a truth that must wear a mask to endure.
#autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #philosophy […]
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October 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A reflection on autistic masking, trauma, and transformation — where survival becomes sovereignty.
The Mask of Hades explores the archetypal power hidden behind invisibility, and the paradox of a truth that must wear a mask to endure.
#autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #philosophy […]
The Mask of Hades explores the archetypal power hidden behind invisibility, and the paradox of a truth that must wear a mask to endure.
#autism #psychology #psychoanalysis #philosophy […]
New publication Jones, Sharpe, King, Waldeck, & Tyndall (2025). Putting on a disguise to fit in: A mixed methods study of experiences in autistic camouflaging. Research in Neurodiversity. #autism #autisticmasking #camouflaging #autisticcamouflaging #assimilation #compensation #burden
October 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New publication Jones, Sharpe, King, Waldeck, & Tyndall (2025). Putting on a disguise to fit in: A mixed methods study of experiences in autistic camouflaging. Research in Neurodiversity. #autism #autisticmasking #camouflaging #autisticcamouflaging #assimilation #compensation #burden
New paper accepted for publication today in Research in Neurodiversity - 'Putting on a disguise to fit in: A mixed methods study of experiences in autistic camouflaging', with my colleagues Sarah Jones, Ben Sharpe, Rachel King, & Daniel Waldeck #autism #autisticmasking #camouflaging #neurodiversity
October 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New paper accepted for publication today in Research in Neurodiversity - 'Putting on a disguise to fit in: A mixed methods study of experiences in autistic camouflaging', with my colleagues Sarah Jones, Ben Sharpe, Rachel King, & Daniel Waldeck #autism #autisticmasking #camouflaging #neurodiversity
From Lego play to lasting scars: the story of my adult autism diagnosis and how I found meaning in the chaos.
#autism #AutisticMasking #actuallyautistic #mentalhealth #philosophy #neurodiversity
https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/from-lego-to-scars-my-adult-autism-diagnosis-8f8e22aae5e1
#autism #AutisticMasking #actuallyautistic #mentalhealth #philosophy #neurodiversity
https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/from-lego-to-scars-my-adult-autism-diagnosis-8f8e22aae5e1
From Lego to Scars: My Adult Autism Diagnosis
How I Spent a Lifetime Cataloging Chaos — From Masking to Self-Harm, Until the Revelation
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October 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
From Lego play to lasting scars: the story of my adult autism diagnosis and how I found meaning in the chaos.
#autism #AutisticMasking #actuallyautistic #mentalhealth #philosophy #neurodiversity
https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/from-lego-to-scars-my-adult-autism-diagnosis-8f8e22aae5e1
#autism #AutisticMasking #actuallyautistic #mentalhealth #philosophy #neurodiversity
https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/from-lego-to-scars-my-adult-autism-diagnosis-8f8e22aae5e1
You don’t actually learn to get over it. You don’t actually learn to be normal. You just pretend enough.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
September 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You don’t actually learn to get over it. You don’t actually learn to be normal. You just pretend enough.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
Why are autistic voices so often unheard in groups? In my article, I explain the dynamics, stereotypes, and solutions for more inclusive spaces.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
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#Autism #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
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Invisible Walls: Why Autistic Voices Go Unheard in Group Settings
When silence isn’t a choice but a response to misunderstanding, the cost of exclusion becomes invisible yet profound.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Why are autistic voices so often unheard in groups? In my article, I explain the dynamics, stereotypes, and solutions for more inclusive spaces.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
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#Autism #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
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Why are autistic voices so often unheard in groups? In my article, I explain the dynamics, stereotypes, and solutions for more inclusive spaces.
#autism #neurodiversity #AutisticMasking […]
#autism #neurodiversity #AutisticMasking […]
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September 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Why are autistic voices so often unheard in groups? In my article, I explain the dynamics, stereotypes, and solutions for more inclusive spaces.
#autism #neurodiversity #AutisticMasking […]
#autism #neurodiversity #AutisticMasking […]
Why Autistic Masking Works For Your Benefit
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#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity
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#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity
September 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Why Autistic Masking Works For Your Benefit
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#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity
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#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity
When the only message that we get is “just deal with it, get over it. Don’t bring it up. I’m tired of hearing about it. You’re always whining.” We don’t learn positive skills. We just learn how to please the people around us.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
September 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
When the only message that we get is “just deal with it, get over it. Don’t bring it up. I’m tired of hearing about it. You’re always whining.” We don’t learn positive skills. We just learn how to please the people around us.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
Masking are types of behaviors that hide our natural Autistic style of talking and acting so that we don’t get spotted as Autistic, or weird, or different, or a target for bullying, around other people. Or not as much. 1/2
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity
September 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Masking are types of behaviors that hide our natural Autistic style of talking and acting so that we don’t get spotted as Autistic, or weird, or different, or a target for bullying, around other people. Or not as much. 1/2
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity
Unless you’re sharing your identity discovery process with the people as you’re going through it, they don’t have that processing time to themselves, quietly in their own head, to come to terms with that. 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking #AutisticMasking
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking #AutisticMasking
August 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Unless you’re sharing your identity discovery process with the people as you’re going through it, they don’t have that processing time to themselves, quietly in their own head, to come to terms with that. 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking #AutisticMasking
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking #AutisticMasking
I never realized how much my face hurts after a day of trying to look like an allistic person. Masking is, in a very real sense, wearing a mask to fit into social situations. It is physically taxing. People think I am angry or sad when I have my normal neutral expression. #autisticmasking #autism
August 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I never realized how much my face hurts after a day of trying to look like an allistic person. Masking is, in a very real sense, wearing a mask to fit into social situations. It is physically taxing. People think I am angry or sad when I have my normal neutral expression. #autisticmasking #autism
Masking takes an extraordinary amount of energy, it causes autistic burnout, high levels of stress, people avoidance, demand avoidance, it makes me more irritable and unpleasant to be around, and has all sorts of major physical and mental health effects.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic
August 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Masking takes an extraordinary amount of energy, it causes autistic burnout, high levels of stress, people avoidance, demand avoidance, it makes me more irritable and unpleasant to be around, and has all sorts of major physical and mental health effects.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic
I think the essence of masking is that you're taking on harm to yourself in order to avoid doing harm to others.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
August 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I think the essence of masking is that you're taking on harm to yourself in order to avoid doing harm to others.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
If you’ve been masking extensively throughout the time that someone’s known you, they might not see what you see when you’re discovering your autism, because you’re seeing what’s going on inside you and they only see the outside version.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking
August 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you’ve been masking extensively throughout the time that someone’s known you, they might not see what you see when you’re discovering your autism, because you’re seeing what’s going on inside you and they only see the outside version.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking
Heavily masking autism isn’t a success.
It’s not an “autism cure” (there’s no such thing), and it’s not a compliment when people say “oh, I couldn’t tell that you’re autistic.” It’s a sign that I am fighting my own nature.
#AutisticMasking #HighMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
It’s not an “autism cure” (there’s no such thing), and it’s not a compliment when people say “oh, I couldn’t tell that you’re autistic.” It’s a sign that I am fighting my own nature.
#AutisticMasking #HighMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
August 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Heavily masking autism isn’t a success.
It’s not an “autism cure” (there’s no such thing), and it’s not a compliment when people say “oh, I couldn’t tell that you’re autistic.” It’s a sign that I am fighting my own nature.
#AutisticMasking #HighMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
It’s not an “autism cure” (there’s no such thing), and it’s not a compliment when people say “oh, I couldn’t tell that you’re autistic.” It’s a sign that I am fighting my own nature.
#AutisticMasking #HighMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity
Unmasking My Wardrobe Color Choices
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#unmasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #AutisticMasking
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#unmasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #AutisticMasking
August 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Unmasking My Wardrobe Color Choices
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#unmasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #AutisticMasking
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#unmasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #AutisticMasking
Masking prevents us from really knowing ourselves, from being known. And therefore from ever feeling like we’re actually accepted for who we really are, because we’re not showing people who we really are.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
August 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Masking prevents us from really knowing ourselves, from being known. And therefore from ever feeling like we’re actually accepted for who we really are, because we’re not showing people who we really are.
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
One of the hardest parts about figuring out you're Autistic is realizing how long you've been fighting yourself, abandoning your needs, silencing your truth, shrinking your voice...for other people's comfort.
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking #AutisticMasking #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking #AutisticMasking #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
July 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
One of the hardest parts about figuring out you're Autistic is realizing how long you've been fighting yourself, abandoning your needs, silencing your truth, shrinking your voice...for other people's comfort.
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking #AutisticMasking #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #unmasking #AutisticMasking #Neurodiversity #AuDHD
For new people, with whom you don’t yet have a history, honesty is a risk. You can’t really know how much honesty they want, as you don’t yet have enough evidence to tell. 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
July 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
For new people, with whom you don’t yet have a history, honesty is a risk. You can’t really know how much honesty they want, as you don’t yet have enough evidence to tell. 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticMasking
#latediagnosedautistic #autisticadult #unmasking #autisticmasking #autism #autistic #autismacceptance #autismawareness #actuallyautistic #audhd #neurodivergent
Autistic masking takes a toll on those of us who don’t always have the luxury to ‘unmask’ it’s time for us to be able to stop making ourselves uncomfortable for the comfort of others, it’s long overdue 🫶🏽♾️ #unmasking #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #autismawareness
June 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM