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Started by Danielle Emmalee, March 09, 2014, 08:34:50 PM

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amZo

When I get down about whether I'll ever look the part. I think of the women of my past who I admire most. My Grandmother, certain teachers, a school counselor that did so much for me, etc. Not one of these women were what most would consider pretty, a few would probably be considered ugly (physically that is), I don't know but I just never gave it much thought. These women are my ideal view of what it means to be a woman.
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randomdude5

First of all, I just want to say I am always very bluntly honest, and honestly would not give a second thought to calling someone ugly if I thought they were, and they had asked me.

#1. You are definitely not ugly, at least in my opinion. I'm 100% sure many others share the same opinion. :)

#2. A temporary problem does not deserve a permanent solution, such as suicide.

I won't say I understand you 100%, because the truth is, I don't. And neither does anyone else. The only person who can 100% understand you, is yourself, and sometimes even understanding ourselves is so hard, we can't really expect others to understand us fully. What I will say though, is that while at times you might feel so alone, and like there is no way anything could be any worse than it currently is... I can tell you, I am 100% sure, even though you might not have realised it yet, that you have affected so many peoples' lives in a positive way, and I know many people would miss you if you were to do something so drastic as ending it.

I am sure 99% of us here have gone through tough times. Some will of course have had a bit of a worse time than others, but we all try our best to understand and give advice based on what we know and have experienced.

I too, contemplated suicide once when I was younger. There was this girl working at a fast food place near my house and my mum seemed to have the idea that this woman was for sure trans. Once we had stopped through the drive through on our way back home and when we got home my mum started telling my dad stuff like, "Oh, you know that girl in the drive through at (name)? I'm sure she's a transsexual, you can tell by the way she acts overtly feminine and when she gives you change and touches your hand she does it like...." and reenacted the way she was describing that she did it, and I don't know if she did it on purpose, but my mum seemed very transphobic the way she reenacted the gesture and how she said it all.

After that I was sort of terrified to come out to my parents. I thought of killing myself with a sword we keep in our house. (Don't ask.) I thought the world hated me, I had no friends, I felt like no one cared. My main motivation to do it was picturing myself dead on the floor and them coming back home finding me there and regretting everything they had done to me that offended me. I thought everyone would be sorry for what they had said or done to me. Then I thought what would be the point, since I wouldn't be there to get the apologies? Clearly, I was a mess, I wanted to kill myself to teach others a lesson in a way... To make their lives miserable for what they had done to me.

But I hung on, and eventually my parents forced me to see a therapist (albeit a horrible one) because they thought I was depressed. (No kidding.)

I really didn't want to go but I was forced to, I ended up coming out during a therapy session since my mum was in the room. It took me much longer to come out to my dad since he is super religious, but ever since I did, my life has been such an uphill. That first therapist I went to see, even if they sucked, gave me the open window. When I look back now, I think about how things could have gone on if I hadn't gone to that first therapist. Not saying you need to see a therapist right away. Even in therapy, I find one of the things that is stressed is that you do stuff at your own pace. You need to be comfortable with it.

I used to be the shy person with no friends that no one really liked. I still have no friends, not going to lie about that. I stopped talking to all my friends because I thought they would not be accepting. I didn't even take the chance. I somewhat regret it, but I managed to reconnect with 1 of my old friends but the most we really do is text. (And rarely at that...)

I still have no friends, but at least now, since I started transition, I feel so much better. I don't care nearly as much anymore about not having friends, I do my own stuff, look forward to a new future, and all the stuff I can do.

Happiness is out there. It may be far away, or at least seem far away, but it IS there, and everyone has the capability of reaching it, you just have to keep moving forward.
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930310

I've been exactly where you are several times. The thing that has worked for me is to find something else you can focus on and not letting your thoughts crossing in to the pattern that you mention. For me when I hated myself at most in winter 2012/spring 2013 the thing that did it for me was playing chess. Even if I haven't played chess in over 6 months now, it was very helpful to do it for a couple of hours everyday then.
Also: You are not ugly nor will you ever be!
HRT on and off since January 20, 2014
Diagnosed with GD: March 2018

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Ltl89

Caysee,

There is no judgement on my part.  To be honest with you, I don't have the answers as I struggle with a lot of these things myself.  Since I don't have the answers, I can only offer suggestions.  The online therapy sounds like a great way to open up and may do alot of good for you.  I hope it works.

Lastly, I just want to say that you are always welcome to reach out.  I know some people just say things and you have reason to be skeptical, but I'm be as honest as I can.  Just know if you need a friend to listen and talk to I am here.  I don't have any answers or solutions and yes I have my limitations, but I am here, in my own digital way, to talk to should you ever need me.  And I know we have only interacted on this site and don't know each other irl, but I've learned to care for many here.  You are one of them and I've followed your progress since you started.  In my eyes, we are a little online family.  I would be sad if I heard you did something to yourself.  Please hang in there. 
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Danielle Emmalee

Discord, I'm howlin' at the moon
And sleepin' in the middle of a summer afternoon
Discord, whatever did we do
To make you take our world away?

Discord, are we your prey alone,
Or are we just a stepping stone for taking back the throne?
Discord, we won't take it anymore
So take your tyranny away!
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Taka

where did my cutie alice go...

it's ok to be depressed for a while. it's ok to be afraid. i'm sorry for disappearing on you.
but it's not ok to lock away that little girl who just wants to get out and explore the world.

don't use your problems as an excuse, just do what it takes to get rid of them. one by one. until all that is left is you and your future self.
work together to create your future happiness.

you're way too young to give up yet.

though it's not like i don't understand how difficult it can be.
i also never saw a therapist when i really needed it. too anxious to make that call, too depressed to see the point in trying to defy my broken logic.
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