A disturbing aspect of being trans: my need to hide my struggles "Everything's great. Transition saved me. I'm better now" - all while my depression and drinking spiraled out of control As a trans man I couldn't admit to weakness for fear transition would be doubted. So harmful
I can relate, my new therapist pointed out something like this can be seen in my notes where I would tell them I was "happy now" over phone check ups but actually when asked further questions I always mentioned still feeling depressed and that things weren't getting much better.
