What percentage of MTF have doubts during transition, and how often?

[BunnyBee]

I totally agree that it's difficult and dangerous to file people into boxes, but it is eerie how closely the description in alexbb's quote reflects the trajectory of my life so far. That it also agrees with more or less exactly what I'd already concluded about myself feels pretty reassuring.

These have become common narratives for a reason, they really do apply to a lot of people, and I am sure every one of us can identify with portions of them; for some, or even many, one of the categories may fit perf, idk.  I read it and find myself kind of in between the two, but I also think if I had been rasied in different circumstances that might have pushed me in either direction.

[Steph34]

None of the poll choices really fit my experience. I always had doubts before starting my transition. Am I really female at heart or just gender-queer? Would I be able to feminize? Would I be awkward in a mixed body? Would my family abandon me? Would the hormonal changes make me fat? Would the process be so stressful as to make my anxiety worse? Since starting to transition, there is no more doubt, never once have I wanted to go back. Every step I have taken has been so reaffirming of who I really am. Even aspects of feminization that do not cause happiness per se are rewarding because they make me feel like I am finally myself, finally taking off the ugly costume I have been wearing all my life. The estradiol finally made me feel female and I love everything about it. With that said, it has ironically worsened my dysphoria with regard to the hair loss. Ask any female under 40 with bad hair loss and I am sure it is like her world is falling apart.

That's exactly what I told myself for years!

Me too. Little did I know, I could have been an attractive woman if I had spoken up for myself sooner. Now I will always be fake.

[Christine Eryn]

Since I started transitioning years ago, I detransitioned/stopped HRT twice. I was convinced what I was trying wasn't working as far as the hormones and meds were concerned. Plus, I thought I would never blend in to society and was content to live a miserable life. But I continued and that has lead me to the year MMXV where I will go full time after a lifetime of battles and conflicts, mostly with myself.

[alexbb]

"I thought I would never blend in to society and was content to live a miserable life. But I continued and that has lead me to the year MMXV where I will go full time after a lifetime of battles and conflicts, mostly with myself."

so great.