Never masked that much

[Fino]

Any examples?

Co-workers have trapped you into a social situation and you pretend to be normal by laughing at things that aren't funny and saying things that could just as well be left unsaid.

 

[Owliet]

I’m very good at being a wallflower. I listen but that’s all I do unless pushed. I am good at looking invisible. However, as a younger child I desperately wanted to be accepted and fit in. I would mask and that was extremely exhausting and detrimental.

I do this a little bit for work, but I’m seen more as some sort of eccentric character. Although saying that today has been a bit mixed regarding work. In most parts it was ok, but I let loose an involuntary “eh?” and was mocked by having it repeated a few times.

I have times when I have to mask but I’m not always successful with it. And it’s no wonder that I can become very tired afterwards. For me having ASD makes sense to my world but I wish differences were more acceptable.

 

[Judge]

Co-workers have trapped you into a social situation and you pretend to be normal by laughing at things that aren't funny and saying things that could just as well be left unsaid.

Indeed. Nothing like projecting the appearance of getting along by laughing at others' jokes...even if they don't seem funny at all. Insincere perhaps, but often pragmatic.

Very basic, generic masking.