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The Exhaustion of Masking in Safe Spaces | The Mental Health Conversation
In this episode of The Mental Health Conversation, host Aideen Dickson explores the profound and often overlooked exhaustion of masking in safe spaces. While we frequently discuss the toll of hiding our true selves in hostile environments, this episode shifts focus to the subtle fatigue experienced in therapy groups, wellness circles, and progressive friend groups. These are places designed for unmasking, yet many listeners find themselves performing their healing, curating their pain, and editing their vulnerability to fit an invisible rulebook of inclusion. This phenomenon, described as the…
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