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Gaucho surfer :
I truly cannot unmask or else i will not keep a job 😭
2026-05-17 21:44:54
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whatever 🇺🇸 -> 🇳🇴 :
it's difficult for me to even think about thinking about saying no
2026-05-15 01:43:08
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mordekai ੴ :
Started unmasking about a month ago and it’s been ✨surreal✨ it’s so beautiful and so hard. I stopped speaking and only use ASL and text to speech to communicate now and that has alleviated like 90% of my stress. I’m doing more things that I used to love as a kid like being out in nature with the bugs and critters. I feel myself being able to breathe easier more and more💛
2026-07-09 15:59:45
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slimthicckirby :
Yoga changed my life as an autistic person!! I find myself up in my head 90% of the time and yoga helps me get into my body. Just feeling grounded in my body more has changed so much for me.
2026-05-14 22:47:43
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Rumii_ninn🫶 :
I used to rehearse conversations 76 times in my head and check emails over and over before sending them now if I catch myself rehearsing, wich is also a form of masking I tell myself stop you DO NOT have to rehearse this it isn’t a performance we know this by now go do something else😅
2026-05-24 20:12:45
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Amara Rose🏳️⚧️ :
I’m trying to figure out how to unmask while being a server and it’s hard 😭😭
2026-05-19 12:02:17
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ash :
i’ve hid myself of who i am my entire life pretending someone i’m not to the point where i don’t even know how to be myself. i asked my psychiatrist how to unmask and he said “be yourself” but i don’t know me, and the things i do know about me, im embarrassed of
2026-05-22 00:34:10
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Jo Momma :
I’m about to be 43. I was deprived of a lot of childhood things as a child. I now buy all the stuffies and figurines I want now. AND I carry them around and show people. So I’ve basically added Fugglers and Hirono to things I collect (rocks, fossils, minerals, seashells).
2026-05-17 03:16:08
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Ștefana :
I was diagnosed in April 2025 and I’m still in denial. I’m in therapy trying to process and accept it and accept myself. Centering myself, learning how to make decisions rather than let life happen to me and learning how to take up space is changing my life, slowly but surely
2026-05-14 20:11:44
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matilda :
I was officially diagnosed in February 2026, I am very much just at the start of my autism acceptance journey. And I can not even begin to tell you how difficult it has been. I want to unmask, I want to set boundaries, I want to learn what makes me feel like myself, but I have lived 23 years with a heavy mask. I dissociate a lot, I have ADD, I am physically disabled and it is so hard to connect with my body. I thought that as soon as I had the paper in hand, when it was official, that it would only get easier but it hasn't. If anything I think I feel more guilt and shame than I have before. Because I am not programming myself anymore to fit into others' needs or expectations, even if one part of me is screaming at me to do so. I stim openly, I tell people why I am quiet, I talk about my special interests but it is like my brain is screaming at me that I shouldn't. I want to love life so desperately, but sometimes I still feel like this world wasn't meant for me Does anyone else relate? Or have a similar feeling?
2026-05-15 04:34:09
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that(disabledsinging)baddie 💖 :
Im scared to be perceived as rude or disrespectful bc i force myself to have conversations
2026-05-21 14:10:15
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Meghan_puzzles :
Stopped masking at work, did not go well at first
2026-05-15 04:27:14
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M@ry 🐝🌻🌞🏴 :
55 years i have masked, its hard as hell getting diagnosed late in life 🏴
2026-05-21 14:30:47
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Marty P :
Undiagnosed and strongly suspect I am autistic, problem I have is if I've been masking I don't have an idea what my baseline is and where masking begins because I've likely been on "autopilot" masking for so long
2026-05-26 05:20:48
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Lynda Dawn Owen 🏳️🌈 :
Diagnosed Sept 2025. I am 57 and I am absolutely free now ✌️
2026-05-19 18:53:37
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KINGA :
i stopped masking, now i cant mask again😔
2026-06-02 14:19:16
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≽^•⩊•^≼ :
thank you for making a clear and fast unmasking video, i keep trying to research and everyone makes it seem so difficult but i love how fast and to the point this video was (from an audhd-er)
2026-05-15 03:01:40
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monoclesloth :
Nice fan hat
2026-05-25 19:41:45
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remi :
How do I mask more?
2026-05-16 22:17:35
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SC Genton :
It’s not an overnight process. It’s just slowly getting comfortable not catching yourself slipping out of the mask. I let myself sit the way I want, I avoid that eye contact etc. I’ll always have the mask but I’ll use it a lot less and save my energy.
2026-05-16 23:21:54
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Mark :
I told someone never mind and was told to not be cryptic. It felt good. Literally watched someone spiral like how I have done in the past. I didn’t feel like talking . It was odd to see someone else live like I do when someone kept me out of the loop
2026-05-14 23:46:40
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Moony :
How do I mask
2026-05-14 23:25:12
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Tink753 :
most fkd up thing my parents did was hide that I was diagnosed with autism. They didnt want me "growing up with a label". So?! At least i could figure out what was wrong with me instead of never knowing what was wrong. I never knew till I was an early adult and finally now that I know I can at least try to manage it. Unsuccessful but trying 😢
2026-06-13 17:48:06
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Christina🩷 :
this is so helpful 🩷
2026-06-01 02:35:51
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spyder :
Just started unmasking, not diagnosed, but this feels so refreshing
2026-06-30 23:42:57
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