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[unrelated to Wormwood Hospital's story] Coming to terms with being Not A Girl

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Understanding yourself can be a tricky thing. If you're anything like me, you find other people WAY more interesting, so you don't even bother to think about yourself. However, you will also find that certain questions will start to nag at you.  How do I describe myself?   What programs do I want to take in college or university?  Am I even a girl?  Well, I definitely figured out that last one. Even if I can't fully put into words how my gender feels, I do know for a fact that I am non-binary. It took me a long time to finally get to this point, and I'm not even done yet. But, let's start with the process of how I got here... [Disclaimer: the order of events may be slightly skewed from the truth, because memory is a finicky thing, and not very reliable. However, the general sentiment still applies, whether or not it's accurate to the millimeter.] It starts in middle school. I still consider myself a girl, I don't know what trans people are really, nor am I a...