Your transition: the best and worst of it

[Kreuzfidel]

What would you say has been the best thing to happen to you thus far in your transition?  Likewise, what have been your disappointments?  For me, the best has been passing nearly 100% of the time - the worst, frustration at the pace of my progress.

[wheat thins are delicious]

What would you say has been the best thing to happen to you thus far in your transition?  Likewise, what have been your disappointments?  For me, the best has been passing nearly 100% of the time - the worst, frustration at the pace of my progress.

The best: having others view me as male.
The biggest disappointment: my mom's lack of support, though I wasn't expecting her to offer it anyway.

[supremecatoverlord]

Worst: The acne.

My skin is so awful right now.

Best:
Pretty much everything else, especially cessation of my "penguin" and how much muscle mass I have gained.
I also seem to be more receptive to testosterone than most transguys for some reason.

[Keaira]

The lack of acne.

My skin is so beautiful right now.






[Sorry Jason, I couldn't resist. I had acne for so long, this has been one of the best things for me. So I do feel for you.]

No morning wood, freedom to express emotions, feeling more than 1 emotion at a time, growing breasts.. the list of good things goes on.

About the worst it's been for me is the pain from laser hair removal.

[Aussie Jay]

Cliche maybe, but the best - getting my GID diagnosis, finally understanding who I was and feeling more like myself that ever.

The worst, well the acne sucks, but worse for me would be socialising myself as male - although fun at times, I just never know if I go too far or not far enough in situations, like not that I was ever girly but I fear sometimes my feminine socialisation shines through.. For example - especially when approaching and chatting to woman I take a shine to 

[Adio]

The best is definitely being happier and healthier.  After being depressed and suicidal for years, this is an amazing change and I'm so thankful for it.

The worst is the loss of some friends and the ability to reconnect with people I went to school with or knew "before".  I still live in the same small town at the moment, and I have to avoid certain places at certain times so that I won't be seen.  Fortunately, I'm now at the point where I'm almost unrecognizable to most people.  I've had run-ins where I thought they knew me, but there was absolutely no recognition from them.  No comment, no eyes "lighting up", no strange questions or looks.  So in a way, it's a positive, but it's rather bittersweet.

[Nygeel]

The best: the feeling I had right after being told the clinic would be able to help me obtain hormones.
The worst....well, I talk about all that bad stuff enough. I know it might seem like a weird "best" but I was incredibly happy from that, and I don't think anything else with my transition could compare to that moment.

[Troy]

The best - The feeling of euphoria right after my first shot, increased muscle mass, change in fat distribution, being happy after years of being suicidal.

The worst - not passing enough, family negative reactions

Troy

[caseyyy]

The best - being a lot more honest about what I want and who I am.

Worst - stupidity, nothing new but dealt with in an entirely different form now.

[Felix]

I won't offer my best or worst right now (cuz it's 4:30am for me and I have oatmeal for brains), but I'll chime in on acne. I love the bad skin that T is giving me. I want to look rough and ugly. It helps me pass, and it helps me stop getting challenged so much by people who think I'm an easy target because I look so delicate.

[Natkat]

the best thing have been to have things as I wanted it,
have a name I Choose, a gender proounce I want, being able to walk with the clothes I like, and have people viewing me as male, having my body to look more of what I wanted it to be. alll thise things..

the worst thing have been puberty, where everybody thought I should change, and where I had very few people I could trust.
sending me too doctors and had all kinds of adult talking like I been some sorta experiment about all stuff from, if I been raped as a child, or if I just had a hard time growing up to be a women.
it where first when I turned 17 I found people too talk too, in a way of threatment who actually seamed to be more usefull than a pain to me.

[Wesley_33]

Best so far is my voice starting to drop. Also the blonde face hairs are starting to thicken. I know it will be awhile before its a beard but still makes me happy.

Worst would be the anxiety before I do my shot.

[JohnAlex]

Best so far is my voice starting to drop. Also the blonde face hairs are starting to thicken. I know it will be awhile before its a beard but still makes me happy.

Worst would be the anxiety before I do my shot.

Why do you have anxiety before you do you shot, may I ask?

[JohnAlex]

Well I'm still pre-T

But for the best thing so far is how happy I am and how hopeful I am for my future for once.

The worse thing would be how alone I feel and alone I realized I am since my family is not so on board with it all.

[Karridoll]

I'll speak from another perspective as I'm walking beside my fiancé as he transitions

BEST:He is passing %100 and this make things much easier for him. Watching him meet new people is comforting because he can just be himself with no explanations.

WORST: Pronouns, people have the hardest time with pronouns. The name change was relatively simple, but they throw out a "her" or "she" and the looks start flying from people that don't know him.

[Wesley_33]

@ JohnAlex I'm still getting used to giving myself the shot. Never been a fan of shots either. Yes I have tattoos but thats not the same.

[Joeyboo~ :3]

Best: Worries of future masculinization have been stopped, I finally don't have breakdowns anymore that I'm going to have a "disfigured" face as I get older.(more manly)

Worst: Pronouns/wrong name being called and loss of friends.

[anibioman]

best-beter interpersonal relationships, feeling better about myself,

worst- getting in fights with my mom about T, my doctor, finding out people my age are even bigger asses then i thought, feeling at a complete standstill in my transition.

[Felix]

The best thing for me is finally feeling like I can breathe. I can relax. I used to watch girls so closely and try to be like them, and people were always pointing out how weirdly masculine I did everything, and I was trying so hard to just be normal. I failed really hard but kept on trying. For my whole life, even though I was pretty outgoing and aggressive for a "girl" there was this veneer of awkwardness and burden of anxiety. I didn't know what I was doing. I was really bad at being a girl, and I hated myself for it. It looked so easy for everyone else. I hated them too, for casually knowing how to act, and for not being humiliated and disgusted by dresses and impractical shoes. I hated gay boys for shutting me out. I hated everybody who told me I should be pretty.

I didn't feel like I had hate in me at all, couldn't admit how I felt even to myself. It was exhausting living that way. The best thing about transition for me is finally letting go and feeling calm and authentic.

The worst, well, other people I guess. People can be unkind. I was surprised to learn how strongly some people can feel about another person's gender. I'm having to develop a thicker skin.

[Michael Joseph]

best- the moment i figured out what i felt had a name for it and i wasnt the only one in the world.

worst- just that i didnt know there was anything i could do sooner.