Neurodivergent masking is often described as hiding your “real” self, but what if the mask is not necessarily fake? Through Alex’s story, we explore autism, ADHD, social camouflaging, exhaustion, belonging, and the complicated relationship between masking and authenticity. Sometimes the question is not which version of you is real, but which adaptations you choose, which ones you need, and what they cost you.
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People-Pleasing Is Basically Emotional Vampire Management
People-pleasing can look remarkably similar to kindness, until caring for others begins to require constantly monitoring their moods, preventing disappointment, and ignoring your own needs. Through Claire’s story and a few emotional vampires, explore the psychology of people-pleasing, fawning, resentment, and boundaries, and what can happen when we stop treating everyone else’s discomfort as ours to manage.