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When family uses therapeutic language to reject your identity

I came out as trans at 34 and my mother said she needs to 'grieve her daughter' and I don't know if I should give her space or if this is just rejection with therapy language.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between authentic self-expression and family attachment creates a crisis where love itself becomes conditional on denying who you are.

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