Is My Face Making a Weird Expression?

Autistic women are exceptionally good at what we call masking and masking comes from that self monitoring. If you're constantly masking if you're constantly camouflaging as the other, it only follows that you're going to have a sense of alienation from yourself and from others as well. "When I can name it, at least, I have awareness that what I'm doing isn't necessarily me," she says.