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Thoughts on Masking with Brendan Mahan your domino-donning-and-doffing dude

ADHD Essentials

CHAPTER

The Neurotypical Folks Have the Power

I admit it. There are times when I'm all by myself and I'm masking and pretending that I'm a neurotypical person so that I can get this podcast recorded or email someone back. But also if we're masking and that's helping us to get stuff done, that's okay. The neurotypical folks have the power. The neurodiverse folks don't have as much. So if we want to get acceptance and then power, sometimes we need to mask and that sucks. It's a thing that I do all the time, sometimes in social situations and sometimes when I’m all by myself because if I mask too much, that becomes toxic Because I

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