I'm really appreciating this. I've been reading a lot about adult diagnosis and masking lately, and like you feeling very ??? impostory, because I... can't really identify much masking that I do. Some of that is because I have just... barrelled on with a Quirky Persona. No one has ever questioned me kitting or crocheting in class, for instance (even when I'm teaching), and if anyone comments I've just said it's for anxiety / to stop me twitching and getting distracted. But then, I would not actually struggle to function without that - it's a minor improvement, not crucial.
I *do* have major trouble with social norms, turn taking and register when outside of Australia - it's most marked in my second language (and that's something everyone finds hard, but my difficulty with social situations in French is way out of sync with my linguistic capacity), but I even have trouble talking to The English, especially in professional settings, in a way that I don't with Australians.
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Date: 2019-11-23 07:44 am (UTC)From:I *do* have major trouble with social norms, turn taking and register when outside of Australia - it's most marked in my second language (and that's something everyone finds hard, but my difficulty with social situations in French is way out of sync with my linguistic capacity), but I even have trouble talking to The English, especially in professional settings, in a way that I don't with Australians.