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its so funny when people expect system alters to be distinct and obvious. like what do you want, a magic girl transformation?
Just putting this out here in case it might be of some use to folks: Many folk under the alterhuman umbrella do not experience species dysphoria, supernumerary limbs, or exomemories. You don’t HAVE to have had experienced these things in order to be alterhuman, even if they are common alterhuman experiences.
Please don’t discredit or doubt yourself based purely on lacking these experiences.
from one chronically anxious person to another: the world is not going to go up in flames. What happens will be more slow, more bureaucratic, more boring. There is no catastrophe to end all catastrophes, no rapture, no sudden end. You can't give into the call of the void, because there is no void. So you just have to do the work to make tomorrow a better place, anyway. Because that's how it gets better.
you are not your parents and will not inevitably become like them. remember that. you are your own person. you will make your own choices.