Masking
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Not trauma necessarily no- more parental concern on the right approach to protecting her mental health. There’s so much positive/negative feedback on masking, it’s knowing how to support her when we are unable to find out what she’s feeling. We practice positive affirmations and work on her self-esteem everyday but is that enough
My daughters head teacher is on the SEND SUPPORT for Surrey board. She also has a SEND podcast with lots of helpful info. I'm sharing 1 of her podcasts but perhaps there's others that may help you. She's been a godsend in helping us with our 3yo. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-54-your-child-is-not-broken-bitesize-summaries/id1655677210?i=1000640264962
My daughter got diagnosed with autism at the age of 3 she also did all of these, but then she gave eye contact and did things autistic children wouldn’t do and things they did she is 7 and still does speech and language at school which has helped her speech loads as well all positive aslong as they get the right help they need they thrive when it gets left they can struggle later on (I’m not saying it’s autism) I’m just giving my experience with my daughter ask to be referred to the social, and communication team x
It’s a neurodivergent trait too. I never even knew I was doing it until I was an adult and in therapy. I have ADHD and bipolar. It wasn’t a product of trauma if that’s a concern.