I transitioned and immediately was like "You know that really pretty dude in stardew valley? Yeah, that's my name now."
But it works out because I'm also a writer, a little dramatic and would love to have a little crab friend in my pocket.
and what if i told you iโm honored that you โstoleโ my name? you have all due rights to keep it. i promise i never owned it in the first place.
iโm joyed to have played a role in helping you find your identity as a trans person. iโd imagine that takes much self exploration. thank you for sharing such a personal part of your life with me.
the world is so beautiful by the way. and it will knock u off your feet time and time again. like an old love u forgot about it will meet you in the middle when everything else is so blurry and doesnโt really make sense and it will bring you to where you thought you would never find your way back. it will show u time and time again thereโs beauty thereโs joy thereโs life in everything and that sometimes losing it is the right way to finding it
shout-out to people who fit the demonised DID stereotypes seen in movies & other media:
if you have violent &/or aggressive alters, i love you.
if you have complete blackout amnesia between alters, i love you.
if you have little to no communication between alters, i love you.
if your switches are overt & "distressing to witness", i love you.
if you've ever been called "scary", a "freak", or even "evil" for how your DID presents, i love you so much.
your experiences are real. you do not have to sugar-coat your disorder to make it more palatable for others. your brain helped you survive as best it could, so i hope you will find peace & healing when the worst is over. ๐ค
it's okay not to know everything about yourself. it's okay to know little to nothing about yourself. if the answer to "what is your name?", "how old are you?", "what kind of things do you like?" is just i don't know, that's alright.
you are conscious, you are real, you are important. you do not have to figure everything out right now. or soon. take your time. ๐ค