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Becoming Unmasked: Belonging Without Performing
What if the version of you everyone praises is also the version that’s wearing you out?
In this episode of Backpacking Through ADHD, Tera talks about unmasking from a very real place—not as someone who has it all figured out, but as someone who’s been high-functioning for a long time and is starting to feel the weight of it. When you’re the capable one, the dependable one, the one who “gets it done,” it can be hard to admit how much effort it takes to look that put together.
This conversation is about the desire to unmask. The longing to stop performing your way through your own life. The exhaustion that comes from perfectionism, overthinking, over-preparing, and carrying an invisible second job: managing how you’re perceived.
You’ll hear a grounded, honest look at:
Song of the Episode: “Unwritten” — Natasha Bedingfield
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By Tera GreenwoodWhat if the version of you everyone praises is also the version that’s wearing you out?
In this episode of Backpacking Through ADHD, Tera talks about unmasking from a very real place—not as someone who has it all figured out, but as someone who’s been high-functioning for a long time and is starting to feel the weight of it. When you’re the capable one, the dependable one, the one who “gets it done,” it can be hard to admit how much effort it takes to look that put together.
This conversation is about the desire to unmask. The longing to stop performing your way through your own life. The exhaustion that comes from perfectionism, overthinking, over-preparing, and carrying an invisible second job: managing how you’re perceived.
You’ll hear a grounded, honest look at:
Song of the Episode: “Unwritten” — Natasha Bedingfield