#Masking

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bold pumice
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I wanna know how to stop masking, any ideas?

arctic pineBOT
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It’s gonna be weird at first when you do, but basically just try and stop hiding your likes to start with, and maybe stimming, if you do that.

We don’t know how you mask, but those are the biggest things we masked and we still mask, just not them, and it helps our mh a lot

bold pumice
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It’s rly weird, but it’ll probably makes me less overwhelmed, thanks for the help

restive vineBOT
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GG @bold pumice, you just advanced to level 1!

bold heron
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I went to a group for one of special interests, and every other person there was also autistic, that helped, we all bonded over having special interests on the thing and did things like just infodump and stun freely in the group, it feels weird but it’s good, and the others there understood

restive vineBOT
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GG @obtuse edge, you just advanced to level 17!

arctic pineBOT
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It’ll definitely make you less overwhelmed. Since unmasking, only thing that has overwhelmed us has been the fire alarm and lights, as opposed to practically everything

Julia ↩️

[Reply to:](#1241872987515519087 message) It’s rly weird, but it’ll probably makes me less overwhelmed, thanks for the help

bold pumice
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arctic pineBOT
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I’d recommend ear defenders or something similar if you don’t have them already. Ear defenders mean we still shutdown but to less of an extent

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Also, a big part of unmasking is accommodating yourself and not pretending to be ‘ok’

bold pumice
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I use them when I need, in the breaks in school makes me rly overwhelmed, but in class some teacher don’t let me use

bold heron
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At my college they do a fire alarm test every week, but I get notice for accommodations, so I just put my headphones on because it’s only 10 seconds because it’s an alarm test not a procedure test

bold pumice
arctic pineBOT
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Where are you from? /genq/nfta
Surely teachers can’t not allow you to use em

Julia ↩️

[Reply to:](#1241872987515519087 message) I use them when I need, in the breaks in school makes me rly overwhelmed, but in class some teacher …

bold heron
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I don’t like ear defenders because then all I can hear is my thoughts

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I use noise cancelling earbuds and music to block out background noise and listen to something familiar

bold pumice
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arctic pineBOT
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I don’t know much about Germany, but surely if you went to a doctor and said you struggle with sensory overload in school, so could your doctor give you a note to give you school to tell them to accommodate you, then the school would have to?

bold pumice
arctic pineBOT
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Tone tags!
Genq = genuine question
Nfta = not forced to answer

bold pumice
bold heron
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Some other helpful ones are
/pos = positive
/neg = negative
/gen = genuine
/nf = not forced
/srs = serious
/lh = lighthearted
And
/j = joking

bold pumice
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Thank you 😊

arctic pineBOT
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Yeah. See if you can get a note from a doctor or therapist that forces your school to accommodate you. That’ll help you to unmask

Julia ↩️

[Reply to:](#1241872987515519087 message) Yep, in school is people around me talking a lot, I talk a lot, but when I’m quiet, it’s because I d…

bold heron
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Over here we have an echp (education health and care plan) and reasonable adjustments, which are legally binding documents for accommodations

bold pumice
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In Brazil we kinda have it, but it doesn’t work, now in Germany we’re trying to get an appointment with a doctor

bitter orchid
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I mask because my friends don’t like me anyways

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Any tips to unmask?

bold pumice
# bitter orchid Any tips to unmask?

I experience that, so I just try to forget, and be myself, I stem, I get out when I need, with time will get easier, cuz that will make u feel less overwhelmed. That’s how you’ll know the real friends, and you’ll make new friends that will rly like u the way u are

bitter orchid
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Good tips but I don’t think anyone even wants to be friends with me at my school 😅