Rich Forbes
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I think also as men, particularly, I think probably less so for women, that masking element comes in because we don't like to show our true feelings.
And that comes neurotypical, neurodivergent, different types of neurodivergence.
Men...
aren't comfortable and I don't think they're necessarily in a lot of instances allowed to show that level of weakness as it's sometimes seen so the masking does cover the rumination but it starts at the core of being ruminating which then goes back to rejection sensitive dysphoria which is I think your favourite topic but it goes back to that that's right at the very core of that is that limitation
where you are physically in pain because you have this perceived rejection, this perceived criticism.
And I think that's where it starts, which is obviously then actually neurological.
Yeah, so I think, you know, I mean, from my perspective, I think I was so young when I started to do that, subconsciously, that I never really knew who me was.
I think I've got ideas of it now, you know, so I react with a lot of, you know, try and react with a lot of humour.
I don't remember jokes, I don't remember details, I don't remember facts, but I can jump in with a quip out of nowhere.
Yes.
And usually some level of appropriateness is applied to that.
But I think there are others that I've spoken to who maybe they didn't have childhood trauma, who were able to be themselves for a certain length of time and then started to go out into life.
broader communities, maybe school, maybe university, maybe work, who then started to mask because they found that the reactions they were getting, you know, particularly perceived reactions, you know, that somebody curled their lips slightly or their eyebrow raised slightly or they glanced away for a second, those little things.
You know, the things that trigger you to go into masking territory.
So if they've been doing it for a protracted period of time, yes, it can be a means to kind of lose who you are, particularly if you're in those environments all the time.
But I think, you know, a lot of us, I think it's not necessarily with a lot of this.
It's about it's about the tools, isn't it?
So masking, I think, can be a tool.
you know, and it could be a very useful tool.
And it's more about learning how and when to apply those masks and when you are safe to take those masks off rather than just simply about, I've got ADHD, I'm going to take my mask off now and everything's going to be fine.
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