hormones ravage your mental health. it ruins it -- and you don't know it because you think hormones are your only savior and are helping you and the reason it's so bad is because you're just not finished transitioning yet. but in reality it's the harm of hormones. they worsen
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your mental health so significantly that suicide may be an outcome. my depression was constant, my anxiety especially over certain things was horrendous, my ptsd still hit me like a freight train, it caused a new diagnosis of a personality disorder, my sleeping was even worse
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than now, i struggled with almost constant self harm and hate towards my body, and almost daily suicidal thoughts. on impulses i attempted twice. and even after all of that it wasn't getting any better the further i went with transition. pushing through wasn't a possibility when
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your "cure" was the one causing this all. as soon as i got off testosterone and back on estrogen -- my irritability decreased, my anger decreased, my depression is more manageable, my anxiety is back to normal before the hormones, my sleep is a little bit better, and my
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personality disorder is easier to handle. the mental effects of hormones can be disastrous and no one seems to talk about it or notice it. hormones will hit your mental health like a bullet and hopefully more people know this or will look at this thread and realize it.
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Your voice and experiances are so powerful, thank you for sharing this.
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