My brain interprets certain female faces as "me," but not my own face. Likewise, in my dreams, I can project a full female body for myself and a face that registers as "me" to go with it even though I've never experienced either in real life.
Like, if you take trans / intersex brain differences seriously, you start to see why there is so much apparent overlap between us and autistic and ADHD people. It's less "my brain is broken" than it expects different inputs.
@gwynnionNowhere Girl A fascinating fact is trans people don't experience phantom limb/appendage syndrome. So for example, cis men who've had to have their penises and/or testicles removed for medical reasons such as cancer, often feel like they still have them, but (of those sampled so far) post-op trans women rarely do. Likewise for trans men and top surgery.
Strongly implying the mental "body maps" of trans people are misaligned with their sex assigned at birth.
Also making perfect sense of your post!
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