yeah, def how i conceptualize it too. plus there were just too many 'oh fuck' moments from my youth, like remembering asking teachers about what happens if i were to take estrogen or insisting to my mom that i was a girl many times. honestly its a little more of a depressing conceptualization, a lot of people fail you, especially as a kid, over many decades because they didnt read the obvious writing on the wall
It never was that obvious for me, the picture only became clear in hindsight when i found the last missing puzzle pieces. But yes, almost every trans person i know could've known earlier, could've been helped earlier. Even today, when knowledge is so widespread that a ton of us realize who they are during puberty, i see so many of us that get failed by their parents, their schools, the medical system.
yeah, def how i conceptualize it too. plus there were just too many 'oh fuck' moments from my youth, like remembering asking teachers about what happens if i were to take estrogen or insisting to my mom that i was a girl many times. honestly its a little more of a depressing conceptualization, a lot of people fail you, especially as a kid, over many decades because they didnt read the obvious writing on the wall
It never was that obvious for me, the picture only became clear in hindsight when i found the last missing puzzle pieces. But yes, almost every trans person i know could've known earlier, could've been helped earlier. Even today, when knowledge is so widespread that a ton of us realize who they are during puberty, i see so many of us that get failed by their parents, their schools, the medical system.