Recently I’ve been working on unmasking and not hiding my true feelings as much when I’m around people. Ever since I’ve told my mom about the things I’ve been diagnosed with I’ve felt it was safer to do so. However, I’m starting to get to the point where I feel like I’m just being a nuisance to people whenever we go out. Like the more I let myself be excused from things that normally bring me discomfort, the happier I am but the less I am able to handle those things in the future. Things I used to be able to act happy and “normal” in I now can’t force myself to emote in properly without risking tearing up or crying. I’m scared the more I do this the worse I’ll get, even though overall I’m happier and less stressed when left undisturbed. How much is healthy and how much is too much? Having people react negatively to it also sucks since I’ve always been a people pleaser.