#autism unmasking

[dreamdropsystem]

i can't enjoy my life while masking

[cybergrapeuk]

To my fellow autistic artists,

If you're dreading doing creative work today, it's likely that you're dreading the masking that comes with it.

Thinking of the audience's reaction, playing music to force a certain mood, being "on" all the time in your breaks, trying to stim to make yourself get back to work...

It's just as exhausting as social masking and inhibits your relationship with your craft!

You don't deserve to mask in your sacred alone time 💜

CREATE UNMASKED

[autisticdreamdrop]

Valentino has something to say!!

[fatalforesight]

just took a shower with loop earplugs in and met god

[anothersssarchive]

forcing yourself to be verbal all the time is exhausting. i like the silence..

[90frogsinatrenchcoat]

put on my headphones and girl from ipenema was playing and I literally said :0 I was so pleasantly surprised that I gasped and giggled out loud in the quietest classroom ever

[wronggalaxy]

All those "just because you're autistic doesn't mean you can be an asshole posts" are just telling autistics to mask.

[finally-got-a-diagnosis]

Unmasking around people is such a blood curdling thought for me. Like you want me to what? Stim in front of people? You want me to leave situations when I feel uncomfortable because of too much sensory input? What next? Are you gonna tell me not to force myself to talk when I'm overstimulated? Pshaw. I think not my good sir.

[vizthedatum]

Why do I say things I completely mean, neurodivergence edition

Them: You can ask me anything! I'm an open book *encouraging tone and vibe*

Me: Oh! I'm a choose-your-own-adventure book. *is 100% serious and then proceeds to give examples of how diverging dialogue could lead to different outcomes in a situation* Me, continued: *examples of how this conversation could diverge given different dialogue*

Me, continued: *somehow ends up going on a monologue about determinism and how all things could be and are probably all interconnected*

Them: *changes conversation topic or leaves*

[quietgamelover]

See the biggest question about being social with new people is…

Do i lead with the autism?

Do I save that as a surprise character trait?

Whats the play here

[neurodivergenttales]

The ‘you’re mature for your age’ to sleeping with a bed full of plushies in your mid twenties pipeline is real

[dreamdropsystem]

start unmasking in safe places like your room. then with your therapist and friends. maybe evem family and in public

we had autistic regession, and a lot of alters in our system lost a lot of skills and the ability of mask.

so this is forceful unmasking. it was hard. it was scary. some of us can still mask, just not as well as we use to, so that's hard. we can't mask well. low masking level.

i'm still learning to accept myself as an autistic and how to support my system with us being mid to high support level autistics. i am trying. we are trying. - HoneyLily

art credits - Sketchify

[nimchimpskyphd]

[autisticdreamdrop]

art credits - Sketchify

start unmasking in safe places like your room. then with your therapist and friends. maybe evem family and in public

we had autistic regession, and a lot of alters in our system lost a lot of skills and the ability of mask.

so this is forceful unmasking. it was hard. it was scary. some of us can still mask, just not as well as we use to, so that's hard.

i'm still learning to accept myself as an autistic and how to support my system with us being mid to high support level autistics. i am trying. - HoneyLily

[crayonurchin]

First art of the new year is all about re-structuring your internal monologue.

In my early 20s I was working full time in London with many social commitments and a variety of hustles and side projects.

In my later mid 20s I cater to many sensory and social drain needs I have and indulge in special interests while respecting my lower energy reserves and celebrating my different way of processing the world.

Did I get more autistic? Nah. I got less fake.

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[Art description: Three panels showing figures on a black background. Long descriptions follow.

1. A drawing of OP as a person with hip-length hair and a dress standing sadly with her hands clapsed together in front of her. She is coloured a muted rainbow gradient. Behind her, two pairs of nondescript figures chat while smiling. White text says, ‘I’m getting more and more autistic the older I get.’ 2. OP’s colours are brighter, and her expression looks happier. Crayon-like scribbles have crossed out the text from the previous panel. 3. OP’s colours are vibrant, and she balances on one leg and throws her arms out as she dances. The text above has changed to say, ‘I’m becoming more and more myself the older I get.’ \End descriptions]

[anothersssarchive]

autistic things 1

going to the bathroom for a stim break