Tag: Masking
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I Speak Many Languages. Masking Follows Me in ALL of Them
I’m multilingual. But behind each language was a mask—until I found the one that didn’t come with trauma. Turns out, fluency isn’t freedom. Identity is.
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No Therapy, Still Broken: How Escaping ABA Didn’t Mean I Was Safe
Speech became performance. Silence felt wrong. But avoiding therapy didn’t mean escaping harm—it just meant the trauma wore a mask too. This is what verbal masking really costs.
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The Impact of Gaslighting in Medicine on Patient Health a Personal Experience
This is a longer post yes, however the story it tells is one that needs to be told. Even now I barely scratch the surface and that is so far from okay that I have no words for what I touch on.
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Relearning ASL and Letting My Hands Do the Healing
Sign language returned like a lost part of me—calming, expressive, safe. Now I use my hands to say what my voice learned to suppress.
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My Messy Discovery of AuDHD Verbal Masking
One creator’s story unlocked my own: verbal masking, silent exhaustion, and decades of misunderstood expression. Turns out, I wasn’t dramatic—I was adapting.
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The Exhausting Truth Behind Verbal Masking
What if being talkative was just a clever disguise for burnout? Peek behind the mask of AuDHD and discover the silent cost of seeming verbal.
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The Things I Never Say Out Loud
Mental health struggles don’t announce themselves. They sit in the silence, in the weight of unspoken words, in the quiet ache of loneliness and doubt. If you’ve felt it, know this—you are not the burden. The failure to understand it is. And that is not yours to carry.
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Unmasking Carefully: Navigating Trust and Vulnerability in Autism
The journey of self-discovery post-autism diagnosis involves uncovering realizations and navigating masking. This process can be challenging, requiring emotional support from qualified therapists. Recognizing differences in processing information, particularly in social interactions and sensory experiences, is essential. Embracing these discoveries facilitates personal acceptance and fosters healthier relationships built on trust and communication.
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Unmasking the Invisible Struggle
This was the first song I hear today when I turned on Spotify. I had never heard it before, or even heard of the artist. However every word was an echo of my own thoughts. Every single word. I hide from the few people left in my life how I truly feel. To say today…
Who am I? 