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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand this "masking" that people keep referencing. Everyone Masks in order to compromise and get along with others. It's a necessary trait to function in a relationship. Most people mask to manage their desires and emotions regularly. It's only a problem when your desires are inhibited so much that you can't function with your own agency as well and have to live around things that cause large amounts of trauma or un-comfortability. But regular light masking to be pleasant and get along is part of any relationship and society.[/quote]

Google it yourself.

People with mild mental disorders mask but it consumes all their energy and share of mind during the school or work day. Must keep it together outside of the home.

Unlike NT people who come home and do a second shift with the home, kids or friends, the AS or adhd person will come home and crash. They drop the mask, and need to be left alone for hours or they will lash out, stonewall, or discombobulate.  Their family gets leftovers, or worse, complete emotional dysregulation or a zombie, or both. [/quote]

So we all mask but the NT person has a harder time doing it? Why?[/quote]

Neurotypical is the opposite of neuroatypical or autism level I. 
Some people have started lumping adhd people with neuroatyoical, but that’s quite misleading given AS brain construct/ missing synapses and how AS doesn’t respond to stimulants like adhd does. [/quote]

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