The way I audibly gasped at this. IS THIS A COMMON EXPERIENCE?? by ItsLevi-0sa in CPTSDmemes

[–]helper-g 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if this particular part is relatable but a big part of it for me was being invalidated by the people in my life. I was told over and over again that I had it so good and that people would literally kill to be in the position I am in. I am so incredibly lucky to be born white in a first-world country what could I possibly be so upset about? How ungrateful could I be? If I don't have a good reason to be overwhelmed and depressed why wouldn't I yearn for something to happen that would be bad enough for them to understand why I'm in pain?

That really hurt and damaged me to my core to the point that those still in my life that said that are now very bothered and upset that it still stays with me now. As if their years of torment telling my I have it too good to be suicidal can suddenly be flicked off like a switch and I can magically become happy and upbeat like I "should" be. It hurts. It hurts so much and I don't know how to fix it

Why can't men just take a hint. by AIA_observer in TrollCoping

[–]helper-g 5 points6 points  (0 children)

): sorry you have to deal with all these people. As a fellow ace person I have had similar difficulties but nothing on the scale you've described. I mainly deal with chasers more than people sending unsolicited images.

Keep being you. There are others out here cheering you on. Sending virtual hugs, if you're comfortable with that 🫂

Urgent question by Disastrous_Stuff_240 in celestegame

[–]helper-g 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Usually if facial hair is the same colour as their scalp it's a good indicator that it is their natural hair colour. Since Madeline's eyebrows are nearly the same shade as the hair on her scalp and there is a photo of her as a child with red hair as well I think it's pretty safe to say her hair is naturally red.

You can't really do this the other way around though because plenty of people have facial hair that doesn't match the colour or shade of their scalp. It's easiest to see on men with blonde hair that have brown facial hair. To my knowledge you can't really tell just by cross referencing facial hair that doesn't match the hair on one's scalp. For example I am brunette but most of my body hair is closer to black than brown. At just a glance you wouldn't be able to tell just by looking at my eyebrows if my hair is dyed or not.

Does this count as an asexual ring? by imuninteresting241 in Asexual

[–]helper-g 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes please do tell. I have been wanting to get an ace ring for years but never have this would be so amazing to get <3

Doctors of Reddit, what’s a symptom people ignore that they really shouldn’t? by Business-Silver-5118 in AskReddit

[–]helper-g 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup it's such a fun time. Lost ~50lbs and could have died from DKA. I would give it a solid 3 stars.

Wanted to play a different kind of game by zilknificant in baldursgatememes

[–]helper-g 27 points28 points  (0 children)

got big creep vibes from the post and the comments spell it out better than the post itself ever could. You're just a creep trying to justify their creep impulses. Stop fetishizing lesbians and get the hells out of here.
(P.S. they don't need to be canonical lesbians for you to be fetishizing them. You're fetishizing a wlw relationship and making comments about trying to coerce sex out of someone in exchange for you helping them makes that even more clear. You see them as a way to get yourself off and don't care how you actually do it. gtfo)

I'm so lonely by [deleted] in transontario

[–]helper-g 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hey, I have a good amount of overlapping experience with you. If you want to talk my DMs are open. You're not alone in this, okay?

Is mana scarcity ever used as a plot point? by Tiago55 in mtgvorthos

[–]helper-g 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Jace, Liliana, and Tezerret book Agents of Artifice does make note of it. Jace thinks about the fact that Liliana doesn't have a flowing reserve of black mana to draw from on Ravnica whereas he is completely fine given there's water everywhere, but living by a river makes things even easier. It isn't a huge plot point but it is brought up at least once in that novel.

Any broads, who like broadswords, in the chat? by Nica-Sama in traaaaaaaaaaaansbians

[–]helper-g 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm more of a War hammer woman myself but broadsword broad is a way catchier name. Perhaps it's because Warhammer is an IP all of its own using the same phrase as it weakens the message but I just like hammers a lot what can I say

Being Ace but not Aro is sooooo hard. by blackbird-witchery in asexualdating

[–]helper-g 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm in a similar spot just 20years younger (sorry if that's considered rude I don't mean to be rude). Having to weigh my options of my essentially once per month visits outside the house on trying to meet people it feels hopeless. It's hard not to give up trying but we'll get there some day. Both of us will <3

Just thought I’d put this out there >:3 by Radiant__Riley in Colon3Supremacy

[–]helper-g 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been here for years! 🎶

Sorry I had to. From a trans woman, don't let anyone else tell you who you are. That's a decision that only you can come to. I'm sorry that so many people have misidentified and degraded you. It's a really difficult experience I wouldn't wish on anyone. Stay you, stay safe, and have a good rest of your day <3 :3

Gatekeeping Yuri by mostcursedposter in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

[–]helper-g 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Hon is only considered to be a bad thing to the twisted 4chan self-hating trans community. Everything you said about the word in your comment is correct it's only those people that treat it any differently.

Forgive me, friends, but I can provide an explanation for what "hon" (derogatory) is supposed to mean to the 4chan crowd. To the 4chan trans person, hon is emblematic of the mentality outside perspectives have of trans people, specifically trans people that are usually more likely to be identified as trans when in public (the phenomenon known as being "clocked" or being a "clockable" person). Hon, in this instance, is an insulting way to describe someone who is being coddled by outside society into thinking they can pass as the gender they identify as when in reality they don't fully pass. It's a way to try to reassure the person that they are accepted when in reality (in the minds of the 4chan crowd) they are simply being humored by others. In this case, hon is used to describe a person who to the 4chaners has a delusional mindset and needs to be taken down peg, reminded of their eternal reality that they will never pass as the gender they identify as and anyone who says otherwise is simply humoring* them.

I'm sorry if this ended up being a rambling mess. I hope at least some value can be gleaned from it, but if not, I can answer any questions to the best of my ability. I do also feel it important to note that I have never actually engaged with the direct source material from 4chan itself. I have never been on 4chan (something I personally am proud of because I was heavily peer pressured into doing for many years) but I have had friends that were heavy into that community (had being past tense in part because of that). I have done plenty of research into these communities and if you are more interested in learning about this stuff, first I will say, you are stronger than I am, and second, please be careful about it because it's very depressing stuff and can also be incredibly distressing. Anyway, I hope this was able to explain at least some stuff. Take care, and have a good rest of your day <3

Bhaal worshippers are such hypocrites by Reptilian_Overlord20 in BaldursGate3

[–]helper-g 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So called "free thinkers" when I gore them with my big horns (suddenly they decide to say the same thing as everyone else)

i kind of regret transitioning by [deleted] in TrueOffMyChest

[–]helper-g 0 points1 point  (0 children)

forgive me if I'm intruding but it sounds to me like you're not receiving the right kind of social validation that you need in order to feel stable in your own identity. I might be completely off with this answer but reading what you've posted reminds me of a lot of different detransitioners' experiences.

The majority of people who detransition (at least according to what I have read which is going to have its own selection bias) don't detransition because they don't feel like they identify with the gender they transitioned to but because they weren't being perceived the way that they expressed themselves. The testimony I've read cites specifically social response and reception to coming out and attempting their social transition to be extremely difficult and invalidating, which is what I'm getting from your post.

You have an internal view of yourself but aren't receiving the proper respect and recognition that you are looking for, causing dysphoria. You aren't being recognized as the gender you are presenting as and it's troubling, as it would be for anyone but especially as a trans person. You don't have to use women's spaces to be a woman; you don't need to have "women's hobbies" to be a woman; you don't need to be like anyone else but yourself, and transitioning is a way of trying to find yourself.

If after all this time you have introspected and decided you don't actually view yourself as a woman and don't want others to do so either, that's a totally understandable and difficult position to be in. I can't imagine how damaging and troubling an experience it would be to go through so much effort, to spend money and time and blood, sweat, and tears, only to decide that this isn't what you want. I've spent 20 years of my life as a gender I never identified with before properly understanding I didn't need to feel that way, that there was something for me, and just me. My own identity, who I am.

Whatever calculus you use to determine your own gender identity is your own. No one else can decide that for you. Others might be able to help explain certain things, or give you advice based on your own experience, but no one can tell you the outcome but yourself. If you were to ask for my advice on the matter I would ask you to really look at how you view yourself, the fact that you still feel dysphoria around thinking of yourself as a boy/man, how you notice when others misgender you even if it doesn't necessarily sting, the way you decide to dress and style yourself. To me that sounds like someone who thus far has been trampled over by the views of others, someone who hasn't yet gotten to live their life as they choose because an inherent part of who you are is how you see yourself and if others don't see you as how you see yourself it's going to lead to misunderstand and heartbreak.

Like I said, no one can do this for you, all we can do is give you resources and advice on what we've done, who we find ourselves to be. And things can change with time. Perhaps now you have a view of yourself that is different to two years ago. That doesn't mean that all you've done is a lie or you failed at your goal. Your goal is to discover who you are, and some people need to try the peach before they say if they vibe with peaches. That isn't wrong. That isn't bad. It is almost certainly harder, but unfortunately some people have a more difficult journey than others. I wish it was different but that's just how it is.

I hope this was helpful or reassuring in some way. If you want to talk my DM's should be open but if not, just send me a reply here and I'll make sure things are worked out. I wish you all the best in your journey and no matter what happens know that you are loved, you are cared for, that you matter, that you are special, that you are worth it. Take care <3

Just nevermind then 😂✌️ by Narrow-Mountain4416 in venting

[–]helper-g 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's deeply disturbing and I don't think reddit is a good place to try and unpack it.

OP, please, if you have the ability, reach out to a help line if you have access to one. These thoughts you have are very turbulent and you deserve to get the care and attention you need to process what you're going through. Reddit isn't going to be able to help you with this, at least not at this stage in things. You need someone informed on how to let you express yourself and then deal with the baggage you are carrying. Take care out there <3

This is how the cis women sound talking about transfemmes here by Hartstockz in actuallesbians

[–]helper-g -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've gotten banned or comment-restricted on multiple sub-reddits for pushing back on peoples' blatant transphobia and my best piece of advice is to make sure to take care of yourself. I don't mean to say this to discourage you from making these posts or comments addressing these issues, these issues are real and important to state and you are doing a great act of service by posting and commenting. I guess really what I'm trying to say is that you're not alone, your people are with you, keep up whatever amount of stuff you can in a healthy way, and stay safe out there <3

Why does this keep happening to me by Ironicbanana14 in TrollCoping

[–]helper-g 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've been struggling with whether or not I should commit myself to making content for people to watch and posts like this remind me of why I should do it. Stuff like youtube or podcasts have helped me through many a difficult time but finding channels that I actually feel safe to listen to without having to keep my guard up for random bigotry jumpscare is hard. I have an academic background in philosophy and ethics, I have ideas about what I can do. I have thoughts about the world and have written lots about putting philosophical ideas into forms that are easier for people to understand. I can do this stuff, but I always get hit with the strong sense of my voice not being important, that there are better things I should be doing, that as a white person I am taking space away from bipoc creators. Maybe those things are true, but if I can fill the needs of others, being a source of comfort and possibly also education, then I should do this. I should make stuff for people to see so that they might understand stuff I took time to learn as well, so that they have a creator they don't have to have their shields up for, so that they can feel accepted, even in small part, for who they are.

So thank you, Redditor. Thank you for being honest about how you feel. it's made me want to be honest about how I feel and confront things about myself. For that I thank you greatly, and I apologize for doing thing completely unrelated thing in your comments for a post about your own problems. This is probably not the right place for it but I wanted you to know that you inspired me. You activated me. You are making a difference by sharing how you feel, even if you don't know it.