I think the meme demonstrates how in hindsight you can see that being trans wasn’t a phase, but you can’t change that it happened. As much as I wish I could’ve cracked my egg faster, in reality there were so many hurdles I needed to overcome the hard way. Only encouragement to explore my gender at a younger age could’ve helped, but that was out of my control. I did my best and it wasn’t easy.
With this context, I would also agree with the meme. And obviously, in your situation, encouragement would be much better.
I was also in a situation of being dismissed, and I believed the people saying these things too.
But I also remember friends of mine appealing to my critical thinking, like: “Okay, maybe think about this some more instead of doing the first thing that seems like you want to do”. I wouldn’t be here if I just dismissed all those critiques as well, just because they are phrased as in this meme…
I think the meme demonstrates how in hindsight you can see that being trans wasn’t a phase, but you can’t change that it happened. As much as I wish I could’ve cracked my egg faster, in reality there were so many hurdles I needed to overcome the hard way. Only encouragement to explore my gender at a younger age could’ve helped, but that was out of my control. I did my best and it wasn’t easy.
With this context, I would also agree with the meme. And obviously, in your situation, encouragement would be much better. I was also in a situation of being dismissed, and I believed the people saying these things too.
But I also remember friends of mine appealing to my critical thinking, like: “Okay, maybe think about this some more instead of doing the first thing that seems like you want to do”. I wouldn’t be here if I just dismissed all those critiques as well, just because they are phrased as in this meme…