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8 Ways ADHDers Mask with Food 🎭

 It’s not Halloween, there’s no masquerade ball invite, and we didn’t catch a cold—so why are ADHDers masking?

*Ba dum tss!*

All jokes aside, masking—sometimes called “social camouflaging”—is when neurodivergent individuals hide or suppress their natural behaviors, traits, or tendencies to fit societal norms and expectations.

Across the neurodivergent community, some common examples of masking include:

  • Suppressing stimming, like avoiding repetitive movements or motions.
  • Mirroring social behaviors, such as copying facial expressions, gestures, or tone of voice.
  • Forcing eye contact, even when it feels deeply uncomfortable.
  • Hiding sensory discomfort (like noise, lighting, or certain textures).
  • Rehearsing scripts for conversations to navigate social situations more easily.

 

But masking doesn’t just happen in social interactions.

What does masking look like when it comes to food and eating? How do social...

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3 Steps to Help You Let Go Of Food and Body Rules this Fall

Have you ever thought about the rules - some more obvious, others almost unnoticeable - that you hold around food and your body? Everyone has unique beliefs, narratives, and ideas that drive how we each relate to food and body, but where did they come from and why do we hold onto them? To really understand your own unique set of food and body rules, it can be helpful to take a little trip backwards in time, to visit your younger self.*

*If thinking about your own childhood feels triggering or activating, we suggest thinking about children in general for the example below

 

PICTURE THIS

Hi, little child, you. Sitting criss-cross-applesauce on the floor of the kitchen, overhearing the adults chatter on about what they don’t like or need to change about their bodies, commiserating over failed dieting attempts and sharing the latest fad diet tips…  all of this swirling around as normalized kitchen counter chatter. The tune of the conversation getting slowly and...

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