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"Oh you're just faking it!"

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.
 
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 :)
 
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.
 

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