Personal Characteristics That Aid/Will Aid You In Your Transition?

[John Smith]

I'm a honeybadger.

[Liam]

Not a personality trait, a physical trait - I have super broad shoulders.
When it comes to personality, I'm very stubborn and I'm also pretty good with money.

[King Malachite]

Thank you all for your replies.  I think it's pretty cool how many of us share the similar types of characteristics!

[madden_btm]

I think I have a lot of natural courage and self-reliance and I'm also pretty motivated... We all know coming out and the idea of losing people in your life is a challenge but for me I have a mindset that's like "as long as you're true to yourself, you will attract honest love and friendship in your life!"
I'm also a goal setter, I get ->-bleeped-<- done and I'm very motivated! 

[DriftingCrow]

With a few exceptions, I just really don't care what others think. So, that's good because it gives me the freedom to dress how I want, act the way that's natural for me, transition or not, without trying to please anyone.

I was thinking about this and thought of something else that aids me/will aid me in transition and is related to the above.

Part of the reason why I don't care what people think, and why nothing really bothers me is because my life used to be so crappy that everything in comparison now is great, and I know that no matter what people say or do to me, my life will still be better than how horrible it was before.

"Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything." ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

I was pretty much at rock bottom for awhile, I was abused and tortured every day, and put down every day for years. My SO used to spend hours every day telling me everything that was wrong with me, everything that I should be and wasn't, and how I was ruining his life. He did a number of horrible things to me over the years, and once planned to kick me out of the apartment so his gf could move in, so I was prepared to live in my car. Our neighbors once called the cops on him. I prayed every night saying "Please God, if there is a God, just kill my husband for me. . . okay I know that's bad. . . or let him win the lottery and move to Tahiti with some hot chick, just get him away from me and I'll do anything" (<--- I eventually basically got what I wanted, thanks Vaheguru, he's rotting away in his own bad karma now).

Once you reach the point in your life where things are so bad that it's hard for things to get much worse, you become a stronger and better person (or languish away and eventually commit suicide in some form).

I think this has helped me, and will help me in the future, because I was called such horrible things and had such awful things done to me, that nothing that anyone does to me in the future can ever possibly compare to what I've already been through. Disown me, call me names, hit me, hate me, rape me, reject me, it doesn't matter to me, my skin's thicker than leather.

[King Malachite]

I was thinking about this and thought of something else that aids me/will aid me in transition and is related to the above.

Part of the reason why I don't care what people think, and why nothing really bothers me is because my life used to be so crappy that everything in comparison now is great, and I know that no matter what people say or do to me, my life will still be better than how horrible it was before.

"Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything." ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

I was pretty much at rock bottom for awhile, I was abused and tortured every day, and put down every day for years. My SO used to spend hours every day telling me everything that was wrong with me, everything that I should be and wasn't, and how I was ruining his life. He did a number of horrible things to me over the years, and once planned to kick me out of the apartment so his gf could move in, so I was prepared to live in my car. Our neighbors once called the cops on him. I prayed every night saying "Please God, if there is a God, just kill my husband for me. . . okay I know that's bad. . . or let him win the lottery and move to Tahiti with some hot chick, just get him away from me and I'll do anything" (<--- I eventually basically got what I wanted, thanks Vaheguru, he's rotting away in his own bad karma now).

Once you reach the point in your life where things are so bad that it's hard for things to get much worse, you become a stronger and better person (or languish away and eventually commit suicide in some form).

I think this has helped me, and will help me in the future, because I was called such horrible things and had such awful things done to me, that nothing that anyone does to me in the future can ever possibly compare to what I've already been through. Disown me, call me names, hit me, hate me, rape me, reject me, it doesn't matter to me, my skin's thicker than leather.

I think that is an excellent way at looking at things and it looks like you have a lot of tasty lemonade to drink now.     In an odd sort of way, I think some of the bad stuff we go through could be a blessing because it can challenge us to do things we never thought we could do or even be someone we never think we could be.  It's the equivalent or sinking or swimming once you get tossed in the middle of the ocean.

[Lexicon]

Funny thing is... as I've been getting ready to start T and now having started I've been keeping myself so hyper aware of all the characteristics I need to keep in check as I begin to transform, my temper, my lack of patience, my stubbornness, etc. that I hadn't spent much time thinking about the characteristics that would help!!

For me, it's the time I took to make sure I was really really emotionally, mentally and spiritually solid as I am today.  Having a solid center, a solid foundation feels to me like the greatest gift I could have given myself.  I've always had a really strong center.  I know who I am and I feel unswayed by most things around me, i'm very rarely rattled to my core -- even as I'm often irritated!  Maybe it is being stubborn, or being a fighter or the other ways it's been described but whatever it is I'm damn thankful I have it!

[GnomeKid]

I don't give a damn (at least when I choose to) and I'm stubborn as hell

[Lauren5]

Emotinally, I am very feminine. I tend to cry more often and just in general be more emotional, when I'm not trying to attempt to pass myself off as a man. After I have an emotional encounter in boy mode, I seek privacy and just break down an cry.
I guess my sense of coating is also quite feminine. I don't know what I want to major in yet, but I know I want something that makes me happy and that I can put my heart in, and right now my heart belongs to the children of Africa that long for an education, and I want to do what I can for them.
However, evidently, women aren't supposed to like sports. I love sports. I wish my body was in the proper shape to play women's sports, and join my school's championship winning soccer team. But alas, there are rules preventing transgender people from competing as their chosen gender. It's not like I have more muscle mass than women, I'm about on terms. And I'm terrible at basketball, so it's not like I'm taking advantage of my height.
At least my handwriting is illegible.
So I have some aspects that will help, and some that will hurt my transition.