I’m pretty fluid in my opinions about a lot of the nuance regarding transition, like language, validity, what is vs isn’t harmful, etc etc.

But I realized I’m interested in just hearing how more of y’all actually talk about your own transition. Like do you see yourself as having “survived” dysphoria kind of like cancer patients speak about their struggle? Or perhaps you see it as a continual process that never ends? Would you still describe yourself as dysphoric if transition relieved it? Do you still refer to yourself as trans, publicly &/or in your inner monologue? That kind of stuff :)

(Especially if you use language/words outside of their literal definition, either reclaiming or more sarcastically)

Example: I’ve started dabbling in gaslighting myself that i’m a cis girl in my mind when the dysphoria isn’t especially bad lol

    • nonarinaOP
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      18 days ago

      I may be extrapolating too much, but Is it kind of like:

      both you and the people you’ve hurt must exist in time together, and therefore you transitioning is a form of acknowledging how you hurt people prior to transitioning, and therefore your transition acts as a form of personal alignment as well as you taking an action to make the existence of both of you at the same time more bearable for everyone involved? And your reward is them accepting your transition and existence as a third gender as apology/peace agreement?