For late-diagnosed autistic adults reckoning with masking, truth, and the shame of being misunderstood. When I first started to unmask, it didn’t feel like freedom. It felt like guilt. Had I been lying to everyone? Had I been dishonest? Had I deceived the people I loved? Had I deceived myself?
Practical Unmasking: Truth and Deception
For late-diagnosed autistic adults reckoning with masking, truth, and the shame of being misunderstood. When I first started to unmask, it didn’t feel like freedom. It felt like guilt. Had I been lying to everyone? Had I been dishonest? Had I deceived the people I loved? Had I deceived myself?