Cis people: here's your pass. What's one question about trans people you've always wanted to know but are too afraid to ask?
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I was 39 (last year) when I realized that I would probably never going to actually kill myself and that I had to plan for decades of more life. I was devastated because I knew that would mean that I had to live with decades more of depression. At this time the depression ... 4/
... the depression was making it impossible for me to have a regular in person contact with other people. I had to "preserve my energy" for the important interactions and then spend time in solitude to "recharge". I didn't understand that this was because it did cost me ... 5/
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... cost me enormous energy to present as men. But because I realized that year that I had to plan for decades to come I realized I probably should transition to do something about the obvious gender dysphoria, still not seeing the connection to the depression. 6/
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Only in the days and weeks _after_ I had made this decision the fog lifted and I realized that the depression was gender dysphoria all along. Now the depression is completely gone, just from transitioning socially (!). I still have this longing for being more ... 7/
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