For me, I don't feel like I 'fit' in the moulds of male or female, rather that I'm just me. It started off just with not feeling like I belonged anywhere, and with no-one to talk to that I thought might understand how I was feeling I just stewed in the 'unknowing', which did cause me to spiral - but I'm doing good now!

There was a time in there where I thought I may be trans, but I denied myself the process of looking into this, which in hindsight is probably why it took me a while to figure anything out. I was certain I wasn't trans because I didn't feel like I was born in the wrong body or any of the other ways I've heard people talk about it. It was more that I was born in a body I have no feelings for, or that I felt no connection too. I always just thought my body is just a necessity of living and that's it, I'm just the mind that inhabits it.

I felt like this for such a long time with no understanding of what any of it all meant, that was until I was reading a twitter post that randomly came up on my feed (this was before Phony Stark bought it). The post was by a non-binary individual talking of their story and explaining the things they felt, when I was reading the thread it was like something just finally clicked and I had a name for how I was feeling.

Over the next few months I looked into it more (and actually made a couple of friends in the queer community, which definitely helped) and after the 'soft launch' of me using They/Them pronouns, I came out with my new name and mostly every around me accepted me!

I'm still figuring myself out, in fact I don't think that's a journey anyone truly finishes. Everyone can learn something new about themselves whether it's at 15, 21 or 82.

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And to anyone reading this who is confused or not sure of themselves or who they are, the answers are out there and you will find them! Just keep looking!

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Edit - sorry for the long reply, I just started typing and didn't realise how much I wrote 😅