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i was shamed & punished for emotions growing up, thus i learned to fear & repress my feelings. now when i have emotions, as a coping mech. my mind quickly diverts away from the internal experience and to the projected external: my body. trans ID was a major manifestation of this.

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How was trans ID a manifestation of this?

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i know i said id be off twitter but damn the hellhole is addictive! the way i see it, and this is for me personally but im definitely not the only one who can relate ;), creating a curated, personalized boy persona in my teenage years was a way to cope with the high

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amounts of emotional stress i was under, and a way to explain the crippling, all consuming body image and mood issues i had been plagued with since a young age. i have also suffered from an ED since around age 12, and trans identity made me feel like i had a way to explain what

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