OMFG SADIE COMING IN CLUTCH WITH "Have you heard of psychosomatic symptoms?"
THAT MADE ME SO HAPPY OMG
I started crying because I know exactly how it feels. I always held in my emotions and forced myself to be strong but once my girlfriend and I started dating, she taught me to be free. I love her so much. We're in a polyamorous relationship as well with our boyfriend and he is amazing too. I love them both so much and we constantly help each other out because we care.
I'm AMAB and Enby with a mostly androgynous name and pronouns (He/She/They). I absolutely hate going into public bathrooms but I always have to go into the male restroom. I feel if I could be open with who I am in public, I would be able to go to the bathroom in female restrooms because I would feel much more comfortable with that instead of male restrooms. Ultimately, I wish I had access to non-binary restrooms that are exclusively for any people that aren't cis female or cis male. We need so many more safe spaces and the seemingly small things like bathrooms require so much courage. (edited)
The ending made me want to cry. It's so comforting to know that it's ok to have a hard time getting up, to be depressed, to have a flurry of emotions, to be depressed and unable to function..... I get yelled at by my parents for not getting up and being ready when they want me to. I always have a hard time getting up. Always. No matter how much I sleep, I always feel tired and can't get up for so long but even then, I stay in bed for a long time.
It's lowkey scary how accurate this is for me. My parents are so pissed that I don't get homework done but this is the exact reason why but I feel so guilty saying "I can't focus and do school because I have ADHD" as though I am using one of my mental disorders as an excuse to get them to stop being upset at me for not doing my homework. I cannot focus, I get so overwhelmed, I can hear everything, but it doesn't register for me. This game just gives me reassurance that I'm not alone and what I go through is valid.
So I posted a little story of my own and if anyone has to pull their head out of their ass, it's you. The creator (who did a very lovely job on this amazing game) portrayed everything very accurately. It's sad to see people like you are degrading other's work whether that person worked hard on it or not. This is a beautiful game about gender dysphoria. You chose to half-ass the game and you chose to blame others for "not making your job any easier" when in fact this game had nothing to do with your job and making it easier. So if you want to be entitled, go hang out with some Karens and keep your toxicity away from us because us bad bitches only breathe fresh air and not air contaminated with your polluting words of hate.
Lemme tell y'all how relatable af this game is for me. I'm not mtf but I am enby and I do present more feminine a lot along with the fact I was amab. I have gender dysphoria myself and my parents have questioned why a feminine name and she/they pronouns, asking if they call me their daughter or son and didn't like it very much when I said to call me their child. They told me that they have but I just never pay attention or care when I hear them call me their son all the time. It is pretty much only my family that I have to put up with for this, at least for who I'm out to. They are Christian and have questioned so many things and they piss me off with all these questions about me as though coming out wasn't hard enough. They get upset about me emailing them even though it's easier for me due to the fact I have extreme anxiety and I'm scared of what they might do. They then proceed to tell me they have done nothing to make me feel scared even though all they have done is make me scared and given me ptsd.
This game is terrifyingly true and accurate. I live in America. I have Gender Dysphoria, OCD, ADHD, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Anorexia, Suicidal Thoughts, and I'm still working up the courage to get tested for BPD. I have therapy and none of this has even started to get better. People say to be happy and I will be fine once I try it once when in reality it gives me anxiety attacks and I still am unhappy even after trying to love myself (which ends up failing horribly and making things worse). It doesn't help that I get bullied by family and peers for being LGBTQ+. I am Non-Binary with a female name (She/They pronouns) and Polysexual. I've been out for almost a YEAR and a lot of people around me don't respect it along with my family calling it a phase and saying I am gonna change it because it's "changed" in the past when really I was just confused on what I was (I did find it out eventually but my Gender Dysphoria will not go away because of my body. I am done with this country and how crappy it is with its health care system.