The hardest part about unmasking is developing the courage and resilience to act against the interest of another person (usually by upholding a personal boundary you've ignored so far) and to then strike the right balance in determining who deserves an explanation (because they actually want to listen) and who is a lost cause and just wants you to admit that you're wrong.

It's a really odd thing to go through when so far you've tried to please everyone. Who are you to put your judgement over the judgement of other people?

Episode 29: A Message to Neurodivergent Coaches
I've been doing a lot of thinking about unmasking including what I do, which is help people unmask their true selves, and how this relates to being an embodied being with all of our social, cultural, and integrated thoughts, feelings and "norms". The truth is, there are a lot of people who claim to h
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Episode 28: How Unmasking Affects Burnout
One of the biggest tips given to neurodivergent people succumbing to burnout is to unmask--fully and completely. But like anything offered as a "cure" or a "quick fix", unmasking in this manner can actually acerbate burnout. In this episode, I discuss why unmasking can make burnout worse at times and
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Highly highly recommend fellow high masking #Neurodivergent folks, if you can, to get alone time and just do what pops into your head (important: as long as nobody is getting hurt, including yourself) Be free to explore who you are without the world telling you to shut up. Talking, singing, moving, dancing, exploring, etc.

It may seem weird at first, because to society it is weird, but if you're alone there is nobody there to care except yourself.

It's time to be free of your personal shackles and just be happy.

Will you still have to deal with neurotypical society's shackles of unfun, of course, that's life, but you don't need to hide from yourself. Be your own safe space.

A functional autistic life doesn’t come from imitating a neurotypical life.

The liminal space of an existential somnambulist represents a complex and ambiguous state of being, characterized by both confusion and insight, uncertainty and possibility. #actuallyautistic #unmasking