There was a lady on BeginningLifeForums who lived in Canada (I can't think of her name) but she said, "Stealth is an intermediate phase between passing and assimilation."
I think this tends to be true for unmarried M2F trans women who have had genital surgery and who pass well.
Until you finish all aspects of transition it feels like you are hiding a secret when you are passing as your target sex (in my experience).
Once you complete all of the physical aspects of transition,
Hair
Clothes
Voice
Hormones
Paperwork
Genital Conformity Surgery (or whatever we call it these days)
Move, make new friends, have new coworkers, start new.
Then such an individual can move, start over, make new friends and be known as his or her true sex should he or she choose to do so.
For myself transition has been an incredible experience, something like a spiritual transformation or an avenue of enlightenment. There is a principle referred to as the Law of Attraction. What you think about on a daily basis will become your existence. What you think about and are conscious of, you will get more of, even if you are thinking about things you do not want. The old saying, "Birds of a feather flock together." Is true, not because the same kinds of people prefer to hang out with others who are just like them but rather because of something called group consensus. People tend to conform to whatever group they hang out with, the group mind.
If you want to really evolve, transform or realize your potential then hang out with the people you want to be like.
There was a time when no one really knew anything about transition and consequently the people who did transition to full-time tended to be very highly motivated. It was desperation that led them from doctor to doctor to find a "cure". (Generally speaking). Now days transition is a "thing". Being trans is a "thing". In Western Society thirty years ago you would never have heard of anyone who wanted to enter into a medical process with the goal of being trans or transsexual. Rather it was a medical process. Now being trans is like any number of other things. Like being a metro sexual or a furry or a lesbian or like being a greenie or a gater or a rock climber. It has become it's own thing. You can Google transsexual and learn how to get started on being one and that's wonderful.
But sometimes we forget that some of us just want transition to be over with, we just want to be male or female.
Group consensus has a lot of power and birds of a feather flock together, because group consensus tends to be adopted by group members.
If you just want a male or female life then tune in, turn on and drop out or you will be assimilated.
Most important of all though, Have Fun. Life should be fun, enjoy ^_^ !
Also there is nothing wrong with being a member of any group if it is a good fit for you.
Peace ^_^ !
