Bilateral Dysphoria

Cissexism hits from all sides.

Image by Marcel Strauß on Unsplash.

I had been avoiding mirrors for awhile. The man on the other side was a perfectly adequate human being, but he always looked dour, and so boring. I hated smiling as him. Tiredness always clouded his eyes. It made me kind of sad to see him, but I could get away with not thinking about it.