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[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, you won’t get much disagreement from me. It doesn’t really make sense. I feel like trans people can many times use really motivated reasoning. If you were at a place where you felt like believing something was the only way to feel good about yourself, you might try really hard to believe even if it might not be true. You might really want other people to believe it also. People can be engaging in magical thinking without realizing it.

When I was younger, I used to think about how I was in the world and how people saw me and wondered if maybe the weight of everyone’s belief that I was female would be enough to make me real. It didn’t make sense and I don’t know how it would have happened, but it was a thought I had for years. Super magical thinking lol.

[–]loveSloaneDebate King[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I think a part of me absolutely understands the thought process, it’s the extra step of pressuring and all but forcing it on others that is too far imo

[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed. I don’t really understand the pressuring and wish it didn’t happen.