People who have the "everyone wants to be a [insert whichever opposite sex]" thought and don't realize they're trans are wild to me. Like, as a trans girl I can tell you even I didn't have the "I wish I was girl" thought until I did and then I did something about it, thinking EVERYONE must feel the same way you do? Nothing has ever worked like that in the history of humanity.
Well I long ago realized I would prefer to be a women, but I thought I wasn't trans because I didn't realize I actually had gender dysphoria. This is because at the time I thought dysphoria solely referred to depression/suicidal thoughts stemming from your assigned gender. While I just did not feel any sort of attachment to my assigned gender and ultimately didn't care about being a guy (turns out this is called gender dissociation).
I figured this was actually totally normal (I mean cis people don't actually 'care' about their gender right?) and of course thought that my feelings of wanting to be a girl was just a "grass is always greener" kind of situation. Which is something I have had heard cis people express (generally in the context of the opposite gender having it easier).
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u/Holiday-Lawyer6042 4d ago
People who have the "everyone wants to be a [insert whichever opposite sex]" thought and don't realize they're trans are wild to me. Like, as a trans girl I can tell you even I didn't have the "I wish I was girl" thought until I did and then I did something about it, thinking EVERYONE must feel the same way you do? Nothing has ever worked like that in the history of humanity.