Post #1408667
2026-03-23 00:27 UTC
@fishidwardrobe
Ah, the neurodivergent aspect. Autism, in my case, meant I already didn't understand the rules of "how to be human". When I was told "boys don't do that" in response to some of my behavior, I just added that to the list of things I had to mask, like hitting my head against the wall or biting my own hands. I didn't know there were two distinct things at play—autism and gender dysphoria—until I was in my mid-forties.
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@fishidwardrobe@social.tchncs.de 2026-03-23 06:10
@jrdepriest perhaps i shouldn't have answered. i'm not exactly typical. i'm never going to experience, or truly understand, gender dysphoria — or euphoria, for that matter. i would consider myself non-binary if i thought it mattered; it doesn't, at all. (i suppose it might have if i'd been AFAB; i rolled the gender with all the privilige, after all. i'll never know.)