Thanks.

You know, I don't feel like it took all that much confidence. I didn't have any huge negative reactions (from myself, no one else would be able to have a negative reaction that affected me). I think the hardest part is that I feel like I still look like that most days. But what I found when I started getting ready was that it all felt so
foreign.
I was struck by my inability to recapture my former self. That's a guaranteed sign of progress.

So it was very reinforcing.
I feel like I'm stuck in between the two now, which is perhaps appropriate for only being a few months into HRT and pre-FFS. I don't see a woman in the mirror most days, but I can't pull off looking like the guy I was. So . . . *shrug*