@seanwithwords@actuallyautistic I associate that inner voice and pre-practicing with masking. This is especially silly noticeable for me when I’m communicating with strangers, and why doing so is very taxing for me.
I know there are times when those I don’t mask with wish I didn’t. But the message I try to import on them is that masking is exhausting. Don’t like me for my mask. Like me for my authentic self.