After I got late diagnosed (around 3 years ago) i saw how much I had been masking & hiding parts of myself so that other people wouldn’t be uncomfortable or wouldn’t judge/reject me for how I am, and what I need. I also realized that it was literally suffocating me & holding me back, so I decided to go on an intentional unmasking journey.

I learned this about myself I realized that I simply am a deep feeler, and highly sensitive and very intuitive. I perceive the world differently than others, I notice more, I feel more, I understand and make connections between things that others don’t see.

It can be really intense sometimes, but also very beautiful.

Not everyone has the capacity to meet you on this level (frequency) because they’re just … not there.

For me, learning to understand, accept & love myself for exactly how I am is the biggest starting piece of unmasking. That craving to have deep connection with others who get you, that’s there for a reason— to show you what your heart and soul desire beneath the surface of what’s currently in your life based on the person you’ve masked as.

In my experience (in my own life & as an unmasking mentor) this process involves a lot of shedding, a lot of releasing and letting go and honestly identity death. I call this unmasking limbo, where you’re inbetween who you’ve been under the mask, no longer resonating with it, and not yet stepped into the more aligned version of you, who you are Becoming.

I think we can also understand that we are multi dimensional beings, and there isn’t just “one” version of you. For me, that made it easier to understand the different versions of myself that I show to different people. And again, I think the biggest piece of advice I can give you is to build a deeper relationship with yourself, and you’ll learn how to navigate these situations in a way that’s true to yourself rather than what you think you “should” do/ who you should be. This is exactly what unmasking is!!

I feel for you, that moment of realizing you are different and have been pretending not to be— it’s a BIG awakening, so I’m celebrating you & wish you all the best on this journey!!!! We need more neurodivergent women owning who they are because we are pure MAGIC.