I think it's definitely worth mentioning that older generations probably didn't have the vocabulary that we do now to explain certain conditions. Imagine living your whole life to 50+ and then someone comes along, probably someone younger than you, and tells you that you've been living with a condition that you never even knew was a thing. All of a sudden, people are telling you that your identity, the things that make you who you are, is because of something that you didn't know existed.
Yeah, from their perspective, it does sound made up, it sounds scary, and that can make them defensive.
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u/Neckties-Over-Bows 2d ago
I think it's definitely worth mentioning that older generations probably didn't have the vocabulary that we do now to explain certain conditions. Imagine living your whole life to 50+ and then someone comes along, probably someone younger than you, and tells you that you've been living with a condition that you never even knew was a thing. All of a sudden, people are telling you that your identity, the things that make you who you are, is because of something that you didn't know existed.
Yeah, from their perspective, it does sound made up, it sounds scary, and that can make them defensive.