Sorry this is not a sufficiently long enough response but the fact you relate so much is big to me
Hah, I got so impassioned because I'm used to giving myself negative self talk that looks exactly like yours, and I feel like it's normal to talk to myself that way. But when I see someone else saying it about themselves, I guess it triggers a "DO NOT SAY THAT ABOUT MY FRIEND" response.
Honestly all this makes me wish I could say I want to go on HRT so I look like Reggie the Rat and not make people look at me like I grew a third arm
Go be rat gendered. Then you can write a book called Whipping Rat, and it will help all the future Reggie-Eggs (Reggs).
Hah, I got so impassioned because I'm used to giving myself negative self talk that looks exactly like yours, and I feel like it's normal to talk to myself that way. But when I see someone else saying it about themselves, I guess it triggers a "DO NOT SAY THAT ABOUT MY FRIEND" response.
Go be rat gendered. Then you can write a book called Whipping Rat, and it will help all the future Reggie-Eggs (Reggs).