That’s tough. you’re gonna meet people with the name tho. Probably best to go to therapy to differentiate your negative feelings before your transition from the name itself because ultimately it’s just A name and it doesn’t have to be tied to all the bad feelings. Right now the name is tied to those feelings, but if you can learn how to detach it, that’s what could help you best in the long run. For the temporary while you work on that, you could try avoiding saying a name all together

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I had a professor that liked to call attendance and there was a girl with my deadname 😭 my school doesn’t know my deadname, but it still scared me to death

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it sucks but you’ll learn to disassociate from it over time

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This may be a good opportunity for you to associate the name with her instead of you. It’ll be uncomfortable at first, just know no one knows but you

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i found it gets easier and almost nice over time to be around someone with ur deadname. experiencing the name contextually attached to someone else and Not being called that gives you this stark sense of how far you've come

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My gf had someone in her group piano lessons whose first and last name were her old first and middle names 💀 it was kind of a trial by fire but she’s now way less jumpy about both names being used near her which is overall good?

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