{"id":35,"date":"2025-03-06T17:08:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:34:48","slug":"masking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/autistic-girls-profile\/masking\/","title":{"rendered":"Masking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Masking is a strategy used by some autistic people, consciously or unconsciously to \u2018fit in\u2019.\u00a0 They behave in a certain way to get others to like them or because they think this is what they should be doing.\u00a0 They may also mask to\u00a0<\/span>stop them feeling as though they stand out.\u00a0\u00a0Many autistic people say they only take the \u2018mask\u2019 off when they are at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">Masking can be really tiring and damage self-esteem in the long term because they are not being their true self.\u00a0 Long term it can lead to autistic burnout if they are not getting a break from masking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">Masking can add to feelings of stress and anxiety, but they may \u2018appear fine\u2019 so their needs are not always recognised.\u00a0 Some may end up eventually withdrawing from school or other situations they are finding stressful.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alannah and masking\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CJVsnVXc1pY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masking is a strategy used by some autistic people, consciously or unconsciously to \u2018fit in\u2019.\u00a0 They behave in a certain way to get others to like them or because they think this is what they should be doing.\u00a0 They may also mask to\u00a0stop them feeling as though they stand out.\u00a0\u00a0Many autistic people say they only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/autistic-girls-profile\/masking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Masking<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25183,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/542"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}