Today’s episode is about Camouflaging or Masking and how it can be detrimental to your mental health. There is a lot of research on those on the Autism Spectrum looking at the motivation to camouflage, the tools used, and how it is both successful and harmful. Our goal is to look at how we all camouflage in some way whether it be by coloring our hair, our personality or behavior, our gender, race, color, our illnesses and for some those who have cosmetic surgery. Our guest, Bryan Archilla, will talk about his firsthand experience with camouflaging and his late diagnosis with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Connect with Bryan Archilla
Email: bryan@coffeecutstudios.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-archilla-25a09b17a/
Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/bryanthebrownman/
Resources and Citations Related to the Podcast
American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities:
Bernardin CJ, Lewis T, Bell D, Kanne S. Associations between social camouflaging and internalizing symptoms in autistic and non-autistic adolescents. Autism. 2021 Aug;25(6):1580-1591. doi: 10.1177/1362361321997284. Epub 2021 Mar 12. PMID: 33709810.
Hull, L., Levy, L., Lai, MC. et al. Is social camouflaging associated with anxiety and depression in autistic adults?. Molecular Autism 12, 13 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-021-00421-1
Hull L, Petrides KV, Allison C, Smith P, Baron-Cohen S, Lai MC, Mandy W. "Putting on My Best Normal": Social Camouflaging in Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions. J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Aug;47(8):2519-2534. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3166-5. PMID: 28527095; PMCID: PMC5509825.
Lorenz, S., Hull, L. Do All of Us Camouflage? Exploring Levels of Camouflaging and Mental Health Well-Being in the General Population. Trends in Psychol. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-024-00357-4
Salvador-Carulla L, Reed GM, Vaez-Azizi LM, Cooper SA, Martinez-Leal R, Bertelli M, Adnams C, Cooray S, Deb S, Akoury-Dirani L, Girimaji SC, Katz G, Kwok H, Luckasson R, Simeonsson R, Walsh C, Munir K, Saxena S. Intellectual developmental disorders: towards a new name, definition and framework for "mental retardation/intellectual disability" in ICD-11. World Psychiatry. 2011 Oct;10(3):175-80. doi: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2011.tb00045.x. PMID: 21991267; PMCID: PMC3188762.
Whitbourne, Susan Krauss. “What Do You Try to Hide About Yourself? A New Study Highlights the Emotional Costs of Hiding Your True Identity.” Psychology Today, Matt Huston, 22 June 2019, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/201906/what-do-you-try-to-hide-about-yourself.
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