Masking as an Autistic person. The journey of what I have gained and what I have lost this far

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It has been almost 2 years out from my diagnosis and things have changed a lot in my unmasking journey. I have lost friends and social connections but have gained a lot of energy and personal insight. I would like to say that I am aware that I am privileged to be able to work through this unmasking with less survival impacts than many and I am aware that my experience is not advisable or safe for everyone. Thanks for watching.

[@YUUCUR]

I watched a couple of your videos and I see myself in you...even things like itching your nose, allergic looks playing with your face and the way you speak, etc.I experience an additional area of difficulty though: I live in Canada and speak English as a second language and have always been super critical of why my speech has not imporoved much although I have been living here 23 years. Recently, I realized the way I talked in my native language was a bit atypical too but if I were to say something in an eccentric way in English, people would think I am not fluent and that is why I think I am also masking by trying to talk in a normal way.

[@christinadonnelly781]

Oh yeah. I do a lot of facial touching stims and it's sometimes worse when I am trying to pay attention to someone talking because I suck on my lips and rub my chin, my forehead. It's a lot. I have not really been able to change much of my speech and I used to get very frustrated with getting interrupted while speaking because people wanted to finish my words before me because they were struggling to listen to my cadence. It has been helpful to find people who are more patient with it. It does make me not want to speak up too much in general audience conversations tho. I hope you have patient people in your life too 🥰