Are You Still Wondering That You Can't Be Transgender?
You're not crazy—the world is gaslighting you. Dr. Z explains why so many transgender people still struggle to accept their identity and wonder if their mind is making it up.
Here's what's happening: the world is organized in such a binary way—boy/girl, man/woman, pink/blue. No matter where you look, everything is gendered based on binary norms. Organizations, policies, laws, department stores, children's sections, clothing sections—everything is structured this way. When you live saturated in this context, you become gaslit. The world is gaslighting you into believing you're crazy, not purposefully or directly (though some people do it intentionally), but simply because this is how the world is currently organized.
Gaslighting makes you question your sanity, makes you question whether what you think is actually real. When people tell you "you can't be trans, I never saw you gender-bending," that's gaslighting. When you identify as non-binary and get misgendered constantly at department stores, that's indirect gaslighting making you question whether you have space in this world.
Watch to understand why you're questioning yourself because the world hasn't created full space for you yet, why surrounding yourself with people who see you is critical, and how to ground yourself in your knowing by taking steps toward yourself.
