“Entry 3: Masking affirmation
I am me. I honour me. And I find regulating hard sometimes. Sometimes I get overstimulated and feel overwhelmed. Sometimes I get under stimulated and feel crazy. I know what helps. I know what feels calming. I know what feels kind. And I choose to do those things. And even if I sometimes look a bit weird I choose to do them anyway - because I have care and love for myself, and I need to treat myself with this kindness, or else everything feels so hard so quick. When I find it hard to unmask or end up masking because I’m afraid, that’s okay too, and in those moments or days when I get home I will be extra caring to myself. It’s easy to feel oppressed and violated by societies norms and peoples judgement - but I choose to remember and believe that people and society don’t mean harm, and I don’t judge or blame them, but I also acknowledge my experience that sometimes it’s just hard being different and I choose to listen to myself and not invalidate myself and be kind to myself.”
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