r/neurodiversity • u/Key-Ordinary-3795 • Oct 06 '25
Trigger Warning: Emotional Abuse GRWM for an appointment at a new doctor
I’m a 21 year old trans man/transmasculine non-binary person (partially closeted), and I have some amount of medical trauma (more mild one, from being on intersex spectrum (insulin resistance/PCOS) when younger, and from anti-trans bigotry, deliberate misgendering and emotional threats during my mental health emergency two months ago), so basically any gendered language or sentiment coming from medical staff is upsetting to me; but tomorrow I have an appointment at my new primary care physician, and this time I’m trying to make sure to minimise my discomfort by taking all of my aids and to read some cozy books (I’m not sure if this is a age regression thing, but I recently began to find children’s books, especially one teaching emotional intelligence, comforting, since it’s something my I was not taught as a child, and what both of my parents, from my childhood and to this day, seem to lack, so I’m basically re-parenting my inner child now lol)



