When I thought of myself as a male, I tended to view my personality as highly submissive, even though I'm cursed with a very rabid, mercurial type of temperament. Well, I expected the HRT to reduce my temperamental episodes, and I'm pleased that I have a little more self-control now; no more paranoid ideation, thank goodness. What I didn't expect was how my relationship with others seemed to change. I felt a lot less pecked, and I felt a lot more inclined to do the pecking. I used to feel shorter and younger than other people around me, even if they were actually shorter and obviously much younger; now I feel taller, and I feel a lot more mature. For the first time, I feel like an adult and someone who is entitled to some level of respect for that. I feel like I've begun to grow up.
