The last time I told them about something that was so important to me was when I came out to them as nonbinary. I thought they were at least slightly accepting, she had had a gay friend after all, and they had never shown any obvious transphobia. (Its funny how, after I came out, the bigotry became a lot more prevalent).
And so, I went to my grandma's kitchen, sat on the floor, in a corner, and typed out "I am nonbinary" in our group chat. My thumb hovered over send for what seemed like an eternity until, finally, I pressed send. And then I started to cry.
They had texted back "okay" and "what does that mean" but I didn't respond. I couldn't respond. When she picked me up a few hours later, we talked. Well, she talked.
She told me how I'm just confused and how theres only two genders giving me some ****** up biology lesson about it, using the terms "gender" and "***" interchangeably. and how society had just manipulating me to be this way and how it was a sin against God and how I don't get a choice in this and how I'm a beautiful girl and I didn't have to be insecure about it.
I was broken by these words. I cried that night. I cried and cried because I realized that they would never accept me. They would never love me.
I think I attempted to **** myself that night.
I don't remember, exactly There were so many attempts that I just can't remember anymore.
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Why do I not want to tell them?
Because I'm scared. I don't want to be ridiculed and criticized. I don't want to break my own heart again. I don't want to be rejected again. I don't trust them anymore.
I don't want to tell them, because they lost my trust.
That was one of the worst days of my life.
I have to tell my parents that I suspect I have asd to get assessed but I'm so scared to because they obviously hold stigma against neurodivergence as a whole and I just feel like it won't go down well.