Hiyas :~)
I've been on the Susan's irc chat for a month or so, thought I'd join up here too :~)
Little about me - lived with repressed gender confusion until I tuned 32.
Started cross-dressing around then, and living on the internet as a girl, though I wasn't 'out' until later.
'Outed' myself to the whole world, friends and family included, around 12 months ago. Started seeking out help around that time, too.
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Since then, everything has snowballed. Been living full-time for 6 months, also commenced HRT 6 months ago.
Life is incredible now. I can express myself, *be* myself. Even though I'm almost 36 now ... it's certainly not too late!
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I realise now that ... life is all about attitude. The way I am directly affects how people respond to me. It doesn't matter than I'm physically only half-way there.
I wouldn't say that transitioning is essential to having the right attitude. It's not a journey I would wish on anyone. But for me, *who* I was felt hooked into the mould I had been set into.
Now that mould is well and truly broken - the real me has finally been unleashed :~)
God bless you all - I hope this path can give you that second chance at life it has for me.
Sarah Benedict
27.12.2014
