From the course: Hiring and Supporting Neurodiversity in the Workplace
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Masking or camouflaging
From the course: Hiring and Supporting Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Masking or camouflaging
- So you know how you feel in the interview trying to make sure everyone is comfortable with you and likes you, but you aren't really sure how authentic you can be? So you guess how you should behave or what you should say. Welcome to masking. It's exhausting, right? Imagine doing this every day in all your workplace interactions. Well, many neurodivergent engage in this activity all the time. We call it camouflaging or masking. I like to explain it like this. Each morning, you wake up with a full cup of water. That's your resources for the day. Typically, you'll lose a little water here and there throughout the day until you're pretty low. For some, that cup has a bunch of tiny holes in it, and before they can even start their day, their resources are being lost. Their energy switches to keeping water in the cup. Unfortunately, this activity only makes a cup drain quicker and quicker. The cup with holes represents an extensive use of personal resources for many neurodivergent people.…
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