#somethingpowerful

“Because we’ve always wanted something more. Something big. Something powerful”

hello and thank you for your extremely kind words. i am honored beyond words that you find me, of all people, to be an inspiration. <3

i wish i could share coping strategies and advice about life as a non-binary person in Japan, but i’m afraid that anything i saw at this point would be worthless. to be honest, i don’t think i’m coping very well at all right now… really i just keep pushing aside and not dealing with unpleasant/dysphoric situations, thoughts, feelings etc that come my way because i either don’t have the time to deal with it or i feel too stressed out by other things to deal with it. i really wouldn’t recommend handling (or rather, not handling) things like i have to anyone, so i’ll have to take a rain check on giving advice.

that said, i do fully intend to talk more about this subject in the future, so that’s something to look out for. i’m sure i’ll have a lot to say once i stop ignoring things.

advice and such aside, i will say this: before coming to Japan social dysphoria was the biggest issue for me and it still is. i still battle with the desire to cut my hair. i wish that people would stop referring to me by my given name… and i’m actually starting to be annoyed by it now whereas before i was indifferent. pronouns aren’t so bad in Japanese because they actually aren’t used anywhere near as frequently as they are in English. i still get grouped in with women, treated like a woman and am sometimes expected to wear female things. since it’s been cold i’ve been wearing layers or a coat which makes my chest less noticeable, but come spring/summer i intend to start binding. if i can get my chest as flat as i want it to be under fitted dress shirts, i wonder what kind of comments i might get from some of my students…

but again, all of this (and undoubtedly more) is stuff that i actively try to ignore and not deal with at the moment. :/ i hope that very soon i will be able to relax more and begin dealing with my feelings because ignoring them certainly isn’t helped anything.

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