just wanted to say i share ur hatred for labels 100%. americans seem to be very much into labels but it may be my bias as an immigrant here.
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It's so weird to me when people say this. I must use labels differently. Finding labels like: graysexual, neuroatypical, passing "privilege"
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, bi, mansplaining, social justice, really free me. I sometimes cry when I discover a new label that allows me to express myself.
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Why the need to belong to a category? Why just not enjoy being you?
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I'm not sure the two are opposed, but yes, I don't like feeling an outsider it's exhausting. "Stimming" is another great one.
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I've never been allowed to belong. My experiences have never been mainstream. I don't have the words to describe myself and my perspective.
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I've never been a Cypriot and I've never been British, I've never been straight, I've never been neuroatypical... I'm not sure what to say
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to explain my lived experience hence why these labels make me feel like language can accommodate me.
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*neuroatypical not neuroatypical, oops
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Wow my phone doesn't like neurotypical haha
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Anyway, my point is being very different and always outsider means the linguistic tools etc isn't always easily accessible. For example I
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can use "I'm stimming I'm so nervous" or "I have no spoons" or "my PTSD has been triggered" and for 1st time I can say what I'm feeling.
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