• Arkhive (they/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 hours ago

    I don’t think I’d correct you at all! I think that act of at least questioning, or maybe double checking is a better phrase, that your sense of self actually matched the person you are in your head is absolutely not exclusive to queer people. I think neurodivergent people also deal with this, particularly those diagnosed later in life. There’s a huge set of language you learn once you realize you are neurodivergent that is there to help you give yourself more tools and grace to grow into the person you truly are. This is true for much more than just queerness and neurodivergence, but those are some good examples of people that often go through some in depth soul searching to become confident in who they are or want to be and have to develop very specific language to discuss those things.