You push through the day. You show up. You connect with people.
And then you come home… and you’re completely done.
If you’re neurodivergent, this might sound familiar. And, as I’ve been investigating in my current research project… it might be the hidden cost of vocal masking — the energy you spend communicating in a way that doesn’t feel natural to you.
In this video I talk about something I’ve been sitting with from my own research.
00:00 Why I’m exhausted today
01:00 The cycle of masking burnout
02:10 Stage 1: Energy!
02:45 Stage 2: Crash
03:05 Research Study into Vocal Masking
04:10 Masking is pretending
05:05 Learn Your Energy Patterns
06:55 Summing it up
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