Abt switch
The Abt switch is a kind of railway switch used on funiculars (inclined cable railways) that doesn't have any moving parts. It allows two cars to pass each other going uphill/downhill while sharing the same tracks. While most train switches rely on physically moving a section of track so the train goes one way or the other, the abt switch doesn't move at all. Instead each carriage has a grooved wheel which makes it turn left or right at a junction by sticking to the track on one side.
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Good way to describe it. And yes, mountains of anxieties that are not going away.
I'm in my early 20s. Definitely traumatizing. Being trans has traumatized me. I've been dealing with all of these feelings for like a year and a half atp and I don't feel like there's any "through". It just keeps going endlessly. I can't change how I feel about all of this. I wish to everything I could.
The delay is real holy shit. Yea, I'd finally figure it out a few days later too.
If it makes you feel better I'm in my early 30s. I kept the disassociation going for 10+ years and it had time to do a lot of damage.
It's very possible to overcome especially with support IRL, but even without it you can do it!! You're stronger than you think!