The Covert Narcissist's Manga

haven't read yaoi in YEARS, let's see how this goes...

Why these stories always resonate with me is something I don't understand. I was never a gender-noncomforming child and I've never been discriminated against for the gender or gender-expression. I'm not trans (not legitimate, at least). Yet I find these kinds of stories so relatable. I guess children with severe social anxiety, and mental disorders in general, can go through the same things: isolation, severe loneliness, self-hatred, feeling like no one understands you. And I am too much of a coward to try to overcome these things (have been for the last 16 years). I'm looking forward to him being able to express himself again; I'm glad he has found people who can help him realize himself again.