Fear is our enemy.

[Elena.tgz]

As Franklin D. Roosevelt once said: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"

For me, since I accepted my GID; there has been a "battle" between my wish to transition and the fear of bad things that could happen.
Yesterday, at last, my wish of transitioning won the battle. I was in the train, and in front of me there was a couple.
I don' t know what was special about them, maybe the very obvious happiness and love, but in that moment; I said to myself:
I want to be like this girl, no matter the cost or the obstacles I find in my way, one day I will look in the mirror, and my reflex will show the same happiness I'm watching right now.

[Just Kate]

Fear can be devastating.  But it is reasonable to weigh all of ones options before going down such a difficult and costly road as transition.

That said I hope you reach all of your dreams.

[Silver]

I wish you luck.

I just hope you don't regret it (although I doubt that you would.) Just depends on what is more important to you, and your happiness should be important to you.

[Elena.tgz]

I have devoted, of course, a lot of thinking to this matter. It' s a life changing decision that must not be done lightly.
I also do "experiments", like using woman clothes, make up, a more femenine body language or training my voice, and when I'm doing those things I feel better, more like "me".
With each day, I find more little things that make me be more sure about this.
As a result, I will give a step by coming out to my best friend (Who I'm sure will understand). Having someone to talk about my feelings will be very helpful.

[jesse]

i hope it goes as planned hun
jessica

[Rock_chick]

I've certainly felt a lot happier since I stopped being afraid of who I am. It's quite a good feeling to realise how far I've come in a comparatively short time.