This is a beautiful article from Tiny Buddha by Lori Deschene. The full article is here . I think it ties in with our recent discussions around masking, unmasking, and setting boundaries. And it’s relevant to autistic people as we are often overly sensitive to our own and others’ emotions, even the feelings of animals. And unfortunately, since our reactions are often criticized or unwelcome, we learn to mask and hide or bury our true feelings, so others not only don’t get t

This is a very interesting/insightful thread I copied from Twitter before the storm, in the 'how does this total stranger know so much about my life' category. Some of our conversation at the meeting Saturday reminded me of it so I thought I would share. Written by Dr Sam Porter @PerinatalBirder His Twitter profile describes him as " #Neurodivergent Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist" and he describes this thread "Here’s a thread I’ve written for psychiatrists to help them pi