I was just talking with a friend about this recently. She has a friend who masked so heavily growing up that she’s very shut down and has no idea how to process how she’s feeling now as an adult.
This is so very common. Your friend is not alone, but it certainly doesn’t alleviate her experiences. It is possible to “unmask" as an adult-finding people/places where you feel safe enough to let the mask down a little and explore who you really are. I don’t want to invalidate how hard that process can be…but also want to offer some hope. I wonder if your friend wants to/can find a safe human to help her start to heal
Thanks Kelly ive enjoyed your presentation. I just completed reading The Keeps Score that among other issues along masking
Thank you! And that is an excellent book!
I was just talking with a friend about this recently. She has a friend who masked so heavily growing up that she’s very shut down and has no idea how to process how she’s feeling now as an adult.
This is so very common. Your friend is not alone, but it certainly doesn’t alleviate her experiences. It is possible to “unmask" as an adult-finding people/places where you feel safe enough to let the mask down a little and explore who you really are. I don’t want to invalidate how hard that process can be…but also want to offer some hope. I wonder if your friend wants to/can find a safe human to help her start to heal