she keeps it on the shelf in the living room and everything

Oh shit I know how that feels
My parents always take pictures of me for no reason whatsoever (like I'm out walking and I look at my dad and he takes a picture of me) and I'm a mess of dysphoria rn and it doesn't help that they POST THEM ON FACEBOOK

OH MY GOD WHY DO PARENTS LOVE FACEBOOK SO MUCH

AAAAA
IKR

Posting their every move on their timeline or whatever

Yeah

"omg my little girl breathed today! So proud of her!"

I have a photo that’s from only five years ago
WHO TF IS THIS PERSON IN THIS PHOTO?!

My parents keep this photo of me from year seven which is sixth grade, before my haircut and appearance change 😭

Photos exist to keep memories
Some of those memories are painful...

🤦‍♀️
I feel you
My brain took much longer to come to terms with my gender change than my heart
My heart was barely hinting my gender change in fifth grade
I changed my hair in fifth grade
I’m a high school freshman now

I'm going into high school next year (year ten in England is a high school freshman I think)

Nice

I understand your emotions, and I understand that gender dysphoria is painful. However, you should not prevent others from viewing an old photo of yourself just because you don't feel comfortable with it.

There are several pictures of me before starting my transition everywhere in the house and im not even out- THERE IS NO ESCAPE-

YES THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

THE PICTURES ARE STARING INTO MY SOUL AAAAAAAA

Calm down, my human being. It's just a photo.

If you felt dysphoria every time you walked past it and almost burst into tears when you did, you'd understand

Your mother is allowed to be sentimental. I feel bad that it makes you upset, but at the end of the day, you really can't control other people's emotions, and there are much bigger problems facing the world than a photo of you from before you properly transitioned. I don't pretend to understand how transgender people feel, but at the end of the day, those photos can help serve as reminders to show how far you have come as a person.

Those photos can serve as reminders of how shit you look and how you're trapped in the wrong body

Snowflake

ok??