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When you realize masking behaviors aren't required

I have been forcing myself to make eye contact my whole life and just learned it is not actually necessary but now I do not know how to exist in conversations.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Discovering the arbitrary nature of social rules can create freedom mixed with confusion about how to navigate relationships authentically.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Neurodivergence — lived experience?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.