So, something I want to say.

Sometimes someone like @autisticb4mmr or @lilririah or @guardie188 or @MaidenOfCyn or a few other folks might reply to me when I& #39;m interacting with a transphobic person and remind me it& #39;s ok to "block & disengage" because it& #39;s clearly upsetting me
That& #39;s OK. Those are people I& #39;ve interacted with a lot & am mutuals with. I understand they& #39;re coming from a place of compassion and worry. And usually if they& #39;re bothering to reply something like that it& #39;s because I& #39;ve clearly left my calm headspace and entered anxiety zone.
They& #39;re usually right and it can serve to interrupt my OCD cycle. That& #39;s good.

But also, those messages coming from strangers do not have the same impact - ESPECIALLY if it& #39;s from cis people. And remember, even if you know who I am doesn& #39;t mean I know who you are.
If you& #39;re cis, it& #39;s not really your place to tell trans people how to react to transphobia. Yes, this includes when you think it& #39;s for our own good. Most of the time strangers telling me that *don& #39;t understand* that often I& #39;m able to interact without letting this stuff affect me.
More info on that statement & why I may sometimes choose to engage with transphobes in this thread https://twitter.com/A_Silent_Child/status/1320424509892030465?s=19">https://twitter.com/A_Silent_...
Even if I *am* legitimately triggered and OCD is making it difficult for me to disengage, a cis stranger instructing me to sounds a lot like them just not understanding how difficult it is to deal with transphobia and just shrug it off.

It just makes you sound privileged.
I emphasize stranger because sometimes it might be ok for some cis people to suggest disengaging, but that requires again having enough of an existing relationship to know that they& #39;re saying it because they *know me* and not because they& #39;re minimizing the harm happening.
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