"Oh you're just faking it!"

[Ylva]

Logically, when people say things like "they're just doing it for attention", I think it says more about them than you.

People saying that will forever make me want to quote this:

 

[Vindicator Phoenix]

Though I doubt anyone's accused me of taking autism, I fear that that danger impends. My allistic mask has been so convincing that once I confess my Asperger's neurodivergence, people may believe my [inveterately-seen] persona to be the truth and my anima to be the lie.

 

[Fridgemagnetman]

Though I doubt anyone's accused me of taking autism, I fear that that danger impends. My allistic mask has been so convincing that once I confess my Asperger's neurodivergence, people may believe my [inveterately-seen] persona to be the truth and my anima to be the lie.

Reminds me of the twilight zone, the episode with Bruce Willis,
I think the false Bruce won in the end.
Be careful

 

[aspieoutlaw89]

Sorry that happened to you. You seem like a good person and I totally understand your reluctance to let people know everything about you. I'm the exact same way.

same here.

 

[tree]

I didn't recognize this word, with an "ly" on the end.
the definition of inveterately

inveterate
adjective

1. settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.; chronic.