Thank you very much for the words of support! As for your question, I'm alright answering questions about my different parts. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask, but here's a quick rundown of my system:
In my system, I have 20+ alters of different ages and experiences. Many of them were created to hold onto different memories of my life, and in doing so, they also adopt ways in which I used to think and act during those time periods as well. Right now, I'm experiencing the full swing of my transgender part (Kyle) being towards the forefront of my thoughts. He's existed ever since I was at least 15, and he holds my experiences of wanting to explore my gender and not being able to back then. Now we are 27, though, and life is different. We no longer live with our homophobic and transphobic mom, our dad and stepmoms are supportive, and I'm currently handling my own business by living on my own with a stable job. So now it feels like we can truly handle Kyle's gender feelings rather than avoiding them for the most part.
With regards to this particular point in time, what started it was me finally being brave and overcoming my fear to tell some friends that I am non-binary. I told this to a friend and was accepted by them. Something about being brave and coming out knocked down some walls and barriers that existed in my mind previously, and now, I truly do feel very free and more present in each day than I've ever felt in the past 27 years of my life (most of which was spent in an almost automatically functioning way).
Not all of my parts identify as male, which is why I still identify as non-binary (as a catch all for everyone), and at the same time, we all have agreed on a new name and new pronouns. It feels like a collective effort we are all pitching into. I hope that might answer some questions. If you have additional ones, feel free to ask! ^_^
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In my system, I have 20+ alters of different ages and experiences. Many of them were created to hold onto different memories of my life, and in doing so, they also adopt ways in which I used to think and act during those time periods as well. Right now, I'm experiencing the full swing of my transgender part (Kyle) being towards the forefront of my thoughts. He's existed ever since I was at least 15, and he holds my experiences of wanting to explore my gender and not being able to back then. Now we are 27, though, and life is different. We no longer live with our homophobic and transphobic mom, our dad and stepmoms are supportive, and I'm currently handling my own business by living on my own with a stable job. So now it feels like we can truly handle Kyle's gender feelings rather than avoiding them for the most part.
With regards to this particular point in time, what started it was me finally being brave and overcoming my fear to tell some friends that I am non-binary. I told this to a friend and was accepted by them. Something about being brave and coming out knocked down some walls and barriers that existed in my mind previously, and now, I truly do feel very free and more present in each day than I've ever felt in the past 27 years of my life (most of which was spent in an almost automatically functioning way).
Not all of my parts identify as male, which is why I still identify as non-binary (as a catch all for everyone), and at the same time, we all have agreed on a new name and new pronouns. It feels like a collective effort we are all pitching into. I hope that might answer some questions. If you have additional ones, feel free to ask! ^_^
~ Rowen