So... Masking? ♾

Hi. I’m back with another post- not a poem this time.

So, about the previous post... 

It was a poem I just wrote on the spot. Yeah, I did that again. 

I wrote it to comfort myself. It’s a comforting writing piece. And like the rest of my creative writing, it’s about a topic very personal to me. 

Which brings me to this: 

So... Masking? What did I exactly mean by that? 

I found an in-depth article (academic journal?) that explains it. Masking information 

It is a behavior (set of behaviors) that neurodivergent people engage in. 

In my case, I was intending my poem/writing piece to be about autism more than anything else. 

And that brings me to this: 

Hi, I’m called Cutepups or Shan on here. I haven’t been active on this blog in a while. So many things changed in my life over these past few months. 

Including figuring this out and getting diagnosed: 

Hi, I’m autistic. 

Turns out I have Autism Spectrum Disorder. 

♾ 

So, that’s one thing. I could create more posts about other things that happened in my life this year.

Whenever I think about blogging now, I realize how open and public it is. It seems daunting to me, to tell you the truth. I don’t feel as impulsive to make posts about everything that happens in my life as I once did. Maybe you viewers don’t need to know everything about me. And that’s okay. 

That’s all I feel like saying for now. Bye.