Katie Bowen (commodified) on Instagram: "It’s been a wild ride, but a lot of good has come from it. (Even if I am now clumsier, easier to overstimulate/overwhelm, and less socially aware than before!✨) #latediagnosedautistic #autisminwomen #formergiftedkid #makinglemonadeoutoflemons #undiagnosedautism #cptsd #busybrained #habitualinstigator"
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22K likes, 80 comments - shopvsthevoid on June 12, 2023: "It’s been a wild ride, but a lot of good has come from it. (Even if I am now clumsier, easier ..."

Link to an Instagram reel Audio “I will grow under any conditions” Text “Me before I unmasked, working myself to what looks like irreversible ASD burnout”

Audio “I’m allergic to tap water” Text “Me after unmasking and learning how real skill regression is”

    • Sketchpad01@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I don’t know either, but from context clues I think it’s what happens when you find out masking is harmful to you, and you try to stop it. Some people do this by losing social skills and regressing into a less social person. Probably also other things but I’m no expert.

      • DataVortex@kbin.social
        4·
        1 year ago

        If I’m not wrong it also refers to when you develop skills that are 100% bound to a mask that you use for a specific place or environment (for example at work), but then when you unmask, or when you don’t “wear” that mask for a long time and lose connection with it, you also lose access to those skills.

        It sucks so much.