Hey, I’m unsure if this is the best place for this, but I don’t know what else to do. I made this throwaway just to be safe because you never know what this topic can bring up.

I have been having issues coping with circumcision for over two years now. I’ve talked to several people in my family, but I always get the same spiel over and over. “You couldn’t even feel it. Do you remember it? There’s nothing you can do now, so why worry?” etc. I don’t know if this is silly or how I should feel because I was cut at two days old, so I have no argument for people who say I don’t remember.

I’ve been studying the subject since I really learned what it meant as I had never even heard of the word until around two years ago. It was just never taught or spoken of. I should say I’m from the south, the most conservative southern state.

I just don’t know what to do anymore. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t think of anything else and I just can’t like/appreciate my own body the way it is because I don’t see it as that. I never asked for this.