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TIL that being asked if I am over 18 and treated different depending on the answer makes me scared and uncomfortable, and feels similar as being misgendered
Pretty certain that it has something to do with my trauma, of how much I got abused as a minor, with everyone saying that the justification for the abuse is that I was a minor, and it's only natural for minors to be abused
So I kinda feel unsafe around anyone that cares if I am a minor or not. Since presumably they'd join in on the abuse, had they been in the position to do so, or would they be given the choice of either joining on the abuse or suffering legal consequences. Maybe I am overgeneralizing, idk. I think anyone would, if they would go thru the same thing as I have.

Being asked this was always something that made me extremely uncomfortable, and ig if I am already not doing good it is quite bad.

To be clear, idrc if someone asks cuz they are curious and wouldn't treat me different depending on the answer. Not like my age is a secret.