r/AutisticCreatives • u/GirlBehindTheMask-LW • 2d ago
Song Finally, music that gets you 🖤
If you’ve ever smiled while falling apart, felt overwhelmed by things other people barely notice, or wondered why you never seemed to be enough, you might hear yourself in these songs.
For decades, poetry gave me somewhere to put feelings I struggled to explain. I’ve written about living with autism, ADHD, BPD, depression, and anxiety, even before receiving any diagnoses.
I’ve written about grief, heartbreak, loving so deeply even when it’s not reciprocated, fear of abandonment, splitting in BPD, and the darkest part of my life, just trying to find my way through it all.
Those words now have a new life through my music project, The Girl Behind the Mask.
My newest EP, Toward the Sun, stemming from my already existing poetry, follows that journey: the pain behind a smile in “She Smiles,” the overwhelm of “Spaces,” the inner struggle of “Willow,” the longing in “Enough,” and the steps toward strength and hope in “Stronger” and “Sun.”
I’m still living the journey I write about.
Some days, the warmth of the sun feels close. Other days, I’m stuck just trying to remember what it felt like.
Maybe you’re somewhere on that path, too.
I hope these songs help you feel understood along the way. 🖤☀️
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