"I've been there and for years, I've tortured myself into being a "People Pleaser" since grade school, due to major anxiety. And I wanted to ask you this: How do you feel on the inside after "acting" as "someone that you're really not?" Do you feel exhausted? Irritable? Insane?"
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Yes, yes, and yes!
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You have to grow patience in loving yourself, everything about yourself: your voice, your autistc personality, and when you're around others, try not to look deprived about being autistic.
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I've been looking to find this sort of kind permission to be oneself on WP since I first started visiting. I can't say how welcome it is, to me anyway. It definitely takes some practicing, though.
28 Jul 2009, 11:47 am
