Autism masking research is quite uniform:
"Masking was also associated with greater anxiety and more depression symptoms, lower self-esteem, lower authentic living, greater accepting of external influence, higher self-alienation, and lower participation within the autistic community."
"Masking was also associated with greater anxiety and more depression symptoms, lower self-esteem, lower authentic living, greater accepting of external influence, higher self-alienation, and lower participation within the autistic community."
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Discovering I was Autistic explained to me why I felt like a tourist in my own life.
It's still hard reconcilling that for nearly three decades of my life, I just did what I thought others expected of me.
The infantilisation of autism research is still so prevalent.