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The original was posted on /r/aspergers by /u/burdenbruise on 2023-10-06 01:03:10.

It’s just really exhausting. The constant infantilization, being talked down to, having people question my intelligence, social ostracization. I tried unmasking for awhile and while my mental health improved for a bit, I was treated very badly in society.

Now that I’m working on masking again full time, It’s a step up from being treated like I’m subhuman…Now people sort of treat me like a dog… It’s been a constant pattern in my life. No matter how much I mask, I’m never treated like an equal. It makes me want to stay inside and never socialize again.

It makes me feel like my best efforts aren’t enough. Life already feels pointless to me. I can’t connect with people, and they get off on humiliating me. I know that I need to get over it, but HOW?