My mum reluctantly supported my transition. She knew I was mentally unwell when I began pursuing it. She knew I was probably making a mistake. Yet, she said nothing. Why? Fear. The fear of a mother, that her vulnerable daughter would cut her off if she objected. 1/8
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Hug your mom for me. You are a cherished part of her very being. When you hurt, she hurts. You will both heal.



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I'm glad you're in a place both personally and in your relationship with your mother that she felt she could share her own pain without harming you

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For anyone who hasn't encountered this, the term used by researchers is "disenfranchised grief". It's telling that you can pull up lists of examples, but I've yet to find one that mentions the specific grief your mother experienced. Too socially stigmatised to even mention.
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Thank you for this. It really is hard for us parents who love our children more than anything to see them fooling themselves with this ideology and having very little understanding from society at large. It’s a maddening position to be in. Many strong mothers are challenging it.
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As parents we r vilified no matter what position we take. Our grief isn't acknowledged due to it's ambiguous nature. Our job is 2 shield our children from harm & we r being called criminal 4 doing so. We r fighting a monsterous ideology that is w/out conscience.