Thread by @lacroicsz

a lot of the girls who get caught up in wanting to be trans are the type who are very emotional, very sensitive, overthink, and feel things passionately

in ways that their parents and peers can’t keep up with

theyre “too much”

trans/sj is appealing bc it itself is very melodramatic, so they feel like they can be intense among these people and not feel so out of place

it’s one of the only scenes to fit in with other intense people and artists these days

the trans community also “validates” their incremental exploration of being trans which feels refreshing compared to feeling misunderstood and downplayed by family/peers

they feel everything intensely so each time someone misunderstands/downplays it feels like massive rejection

but the “validation” is conditional, so they have to keep going deeper into being trans to continue getting it. it’s a trade off

i grew up always hearing i was too sensitive, needed to calm down/stop crying/stop making a big deal out of things

but i couldn’t help it, i was just a sensitive kid

in a very feelings-averse and unemotional family

the trans community felt amazing compared to that

this girls family, probably: everybody feels that way its no big deal youll grow out of it

the trans community: oh my my my yes this is called GENDER DYSPHORIA and your feelings are SO IMPORTANT and WE CAN HELP you are SO VALID and SPECIAL ❤️

https://twitter.com/OhHeyMonsterBoy/status/1497642851991175171?s=20&t=XwPcpChPodKa-uEekEid3w

this is not to demonize the family its hard to know how to manage a highly sensitive kid

but this is just the truth of how it feels to be one

this is all very true for a lot of boys too, i just reflexively talk about girls specifically because i frankly don’t have a lot of experience knowing trans identified/detrans boys, whereas the girls are one of the things i know best. so i don’t want to generalize too much