Sorry for the blogpost everyone else. I need to have a heart to heart with anon here.
>>40475395Man that's rough. Whatever ends up happening with them I hope they turn out OK.
I was in bad shape before I transitioned. Nobody would've known it was for gender reasons, but everyone saw me struggling.
I almost drank myself to death and ended up technically homeless. I only ever dated one person, and my social life was slowly shrinking into nothing. People were afraid I was gonna turn into a shut-in.
I didn't think I had what it takes to transition, but I couldn't take it anymore so I did it anyway. My mood changed for the better almost immediately, and then over several years things got better and better and my body changed and I became less awkward and made friends and generally I live a reasonably fulfilling life now.
There is hope for some of us!
A BIG CAVEAT THOUGH
It has come to my attention that I catastrophically failed puberty. I have weird scars and think I might be intersex. My surviving older family is really cagey about it when I bring it up. I'm hoping genetic testing will tell me something, but I may never know.
My voice never passed as male. My ribcage never expanded. I never got heaps of man muscle. People who've only ever known me as a woman still think I'm babyfaced. I have not had facial feminization surgery.
That has made my life undeniably and profoundly easier.
It's hard for most of us. People stare. You can get street harassment or even violence. It's harder to get jobs. Especially people transitioning after puberty need to be prepared for this reality, or there lies regret.
But even when it's hard for us most of us will tell you it's better than the alternative. Except maybe on 4chan. This is a venting board. People come here to be miserable in company.
>>40475370>transitioning is taking hormonesBased
>>40474815Maybe being less xenophobic towards Redditors will help tttt optics. Besides, nobody should be forced to use Reddit.