12/06/2026
For many neurodivergent people, the hardest part of the day is not always what others see.
Holding yourself together through conversations, sensory demands, expectations, and social situations can take an enormous amount of energy. When you finally get home and the pressure eases, exhaustion, overwhelm, irritability, tears, or numbness can suddenly surface. That “crash” is often a sign that your system has been working hard all day, not a sign that you have failed to cope.
At Cova Psychology, our psychologists support people in Melbourne, North Melbourne, and via telehealth to better understand masking, burnout, sensory overload, and the impact of constantly appearing okay on the outside.
If this experience feels familiar, we explore it in more depth in our blog, The Crash After Masking, which has gone live today.