不少雙性戀者說,認識自己的過程,比想像中困難得多。喜歡同性,社會說「你是 Gay」;同時也喜歡異性,社會又說「那你還是直的」。這種不斷被框架否定的拉扯,讓很多雙性戀者難以建立穩固的自我認同,甚至開始懷疑自己的感受是否「算數」(Ross et al., 2018)。心理學研究建議,找到真正理解雙性戀的社群支持、接觸正向的雙性戀故事與形象,對心理健康有顯著的幫助。
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