Paige talks about undiagnosed AUTISM and masking

[@4amlibra]

This is such a good explanation of just how goddamned EXHAUSTING and all-consuming it is to mask 24/7.

[@tracyc4944]

"Just ripping" lolol I love this. I can definitely relate.

[@JuliaBarrera-pi6xj]

❤

[@UmbralForest]

I was "fortunate" enough to be such a goat-headed introvert when i was young that, despite consciously understanding that my actions got me rejected by people, i was not bothered enough to forcibly correct myself. Yeah i did psychoanalyze my fellow humans and eventually construct a personality that was somewhat tolerable to them, but if they didn't like me i never cared. Despite not being diagnosed until late into 6th grade i new from the start i was fundamentally different from others my age and concluded not liking me was their problem. Given all the discrimination i already had to deal with from adults i don't think i could have survived if i cared about my peers. I can only imagine such an agony...

[@cosmolosys]

Oh my god, me too! Although now I'm in my 30's I did end up in this mindf*ck of an era because I started caring at some point. :(

[@TaterKakez]

Wow this is a perfect explanation of how I feel on almost any given day…

[@Worsteverything]

God that is so relatable… When I was a kid and I was asked those questions I just repeated back what someone else told me. I was just parroting responses because I didn’t really have an opinion

[@Catlily5]

The downside of not masking is people think that you are very strange. The upside of not masking is you don't lose who you are. I would have masked more if I could have. But my acting skills are not that good. And maybe that worked out for the best.

[@sacrilegiousboi978]

I’m also grateful that I didn’t know how to mask/act until I was well into my teens because by then I fully knew who I was at my core so I will never lose that. I was never great at acting so could never convincingly pretend to be someone other than who I was. As a child I couldn’t care less about giving off the right social impression/behaviour so consequently I was not popular but I did have some weird but amazing friends who I genuinely bonded with and I enjoyed my life. I was the silly goofy weird kid. I was strange. I got bullied from time to time. But I was generally myself and happy. Then in my teens I became self conscious and more socially aware so I started adjusting my behaviour a bit, also I matured as well so the silliness and hyperactivity calmed down. So I think having this delayed social awareness and learning to mask late was a blessing in disguise. All these little preteen girls who intensely mask and are thinking about every little thing they’re doing with their body every second, I feel sorry for. They may fit in better at school, have more friends etc. BUT by the time they get to their teens they have no idea how much of what they’re doing is an act and how much is truly them.

[@jclyntoledo]

Idk bc some ppl's version of masking is such an exaggerated form and it just makes them suspicious and makes ppl not like them.

[@k_long1]

I’ve never heard it described so accurately

[@pardalote]

Oh yes, me too! Me too! And then people ask you to say a little bit about yourself and is ummm ..... I don’t know.

[@pernilladomander7648]

52 now. I have had good jobs but I still don't know myself :(

[@diligantlydistracted3542]

After having just spent a whole vacation masking I can say YES! FACTS

[@puan1211]

I mean other than sensory triggers do i really have any preferenses or opinions, not really 🤷🤷

[@wegotthepower]

Oh does anyone know if all this is filmed to see as a whole? Would love to see it! And this is sooo relatable!!

[@PrinceYahoshuaBanIsrael]

🫂Appreciate this upload Paige.✨

[@hunni2968]

I wish I could watch the rest if the full clip was available

[@aleb_equine]

holy shit this is ME

[@EmmanuelEarthBound]

Hm……

[@Pestario1995]

Then don’t mask just be you And remember you’re not a kid anymore and you have to act educated And maybe people will act normal and civil like is it really so hard to act civilized,be respectful, and educated Yk like normal people 👇