Are you really happy now that you've transitioned?

[LizMarie]

Yes, I still get depressed and dysphoric from time to time.

However I am very happy I transitioned.

The value of transition cannot be measured based on 'happiness'.

Being a woman is far more natural. It's the way I was meant to live. Woman to woman friendships are the type I was meant to have. All female places are comfortable to me. All male places never have been, but now NOBODY thinks that's where I belong. I LOVE being a woman, even if I'm not happy with life 100% of the time (who ever really is?)

My therapist asked whether I'd ever considered going back. I answered quickly "not even for a fraction of a second."

^^ This!!

Suzi nails it for me. Sometimes down and depressed but I love being a woman and would never go back. My issues now are about me being an older woman in a culture that isn't friendly to older women in the first place and even less friendly to trans women in the second place.

[Beth Andrea]

Am I happy I transitioned? Yes...but I was warned early on that transitioning would not cure depression or the other issues I have, and I was not disappointed in that area.

But since I couldn't cope with the other issues as a "man", transitioning has allowed me to be more successful at applying the coping strategies my therapist has taught me.

Life is good better now.

[stephaniec]

I'm happier than a platypus in a fresh water pond on a sunny day.