What thoughts/memories did you have before coming out, in hindsight, are big signs you were trans? (self.trans)

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I feel that I should preface this by warning questioning people that looking for signs is generally not a good way to find out if you're trans. Different people experience being trans in different ways.

Thank you lady_scarecrow for the above disclaimer. Very good advice ❤️

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[-] zea_64 10 points 8 months ago

An entrance exam for some psychiatrist thing as a kid asked if I wanted to be the other sex/gender (idr the wording). I cried and took a while to answer that. And then I forgot about it for a decade.

[-] cowboycrustation 4 points 8 months ago

I remember I went to school mental health counseling sessions in 7th grade (Christian private school. Yuck.) and the counselor asked me "do you wish that you were born as a different gender?" (I have no idea how that even came up) And I replied "uhhhh I don't care, I wouldn't mind either" trying to play it cool and in my head I was like "holy shit I want to be a boy" but immeditely felt this weird shame and fear about it.

[-] zea_64 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I lied too

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