Edit: stupid typo in the title :/

So the other night (on my bday nonetheless) I was chatting with my mother and we started to argue about things. And she dropped this:

“I know that all full healthy transgendered people accept and embrace where they once were. They don’t expect people to just forget. They are able to look at their prior life with acceptance and compassion.”

Now I could be in the minority but I honestly want to put past my prior self. Like I get kinda what she’s getting at, but most of what was me, was a lie. It wasn’t the person I was supposed to be. I do think aspects of who I was are fine to be, but I should in no way have to look back and say “oh well my prior self was perfectly fine and I did the best I could” I survived, I scratched and clawed to get where I was, and that determination is the only part of me I wanna keep.

So idk, maybe like I said I’m in the minority. But I’d like others opinions on this.