TSA trouble du spectre de l'autisme, dépression, burnout - femmes et filles

To receive the bibliography, PowerPoint presentation, and information about the next session, register for free here: https://genepsy.learnybox.com/confere... A person with autism can acquire social skills by observing and interpreting people in social interactions. This is a more intellectual path to developing these skills compared to someone who learns intuitively from general experience without specific considerations. Most people possess and spontaneously acquire social skills with little or no conscious effort. Indeed, their understanding of their social environment stems from its intuitive nature, not from active observation. Often, people with ASD create a social mask. This adaptive mechanism involves acquiring social skills through observation and imitation. This is therefore a conscious and deliberate intellectual activity rather than an intuitive one. The autistic person then creates a social "mask" and an "artificial personality," gradually acquiring social scripts, facial expressions, and gestures that they have observed, analyzed, and imitated. This is not a process or strategy employed only by girls and women with ASD. Recent research has confirmed that camouflage is also used by men with ASD (Cage & Troxell-Whitman 2019; Hull et al. 2020; Lai et al. 2017). Studies report that approximately 70% of adults with ASD systematically use camouflage in social situations. Acceptance, integration, and social success are possible through camouflage. BUT, at a cost. A psychological cost, among others. It is not uncommon for individuals to develop performance anxiety in social situations. Because she's constantly "on stage." After this kind of day, she thinks, replays, and ruminates on her social behaviors. People with autism may also question and ruminate on the perceived judgment of their friends and colleagues. Since the camouflage is intellectual rather than intuitive, it's mentally exhausting. According to Tony Attwood: "Like Cinderella at the ball, the person can maintain the social pretence for a while but then becomes totally drained of mental energy and must return home to recover in solitude."