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egg_irl — Memes about being trans people in denial and other eggy topics

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

I got that “aggressively uninterested in my appearance” type of egg energy.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Uuuugggghhhh. Yesss. I managed to not infer into an argument with coworker once who was like ‘I just don’t get trans people’ after some prodding they couldn’t understand feeling like another gender.

Damn right! You’re blissfully cis! I have to live with the reality that everything is wrong and it’s not like things are objectively wrong, other than my gender. What a difficult feeling to wrestle with

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes! Thats how it is…. Like… how to explain? How is it wrong? What would be right? Ugh. It’s so hard!

:3 but now I’m a catgirl and don’t think about those difficult things .

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

the true answer to Wrong™ is nya! :3

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago

Nyaa~~

Hey beautiful! Be a catgirl, I became one and it fixed a lot of my stupid shitty life!!!!

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Stop no it hurts

Sprinkling in the compulsory heterosexuality that gets shoved at you ever harder around age 10-12 was its own special hell

And actual panic attacks at having to get gendered clothing items related to adolescence

Still get PTSD flashbacks sometimes.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

After I gained awareness, it took me another 10 yrs to start hrt due to a mix of factors. Don't be like me. Don't put it off, it does more psychic damage to yourself than you'd think.

frfr. Thinking I could simply tank the dysphoria was a dogshit idea.

I was 20 whole ass years old before it conceptually clicked for me that gender and sex are independent. Like yeah, I heard they were different things, but actually understanding the difference was something else entirely. And if being rudely awakened to the concept of "sexual dimorphism" was biting into the sour fruit of awareness, awakening to the fragility of that divide and the flexibility of the wider world was like biting into the ambrosia of "shit gets better"