Yep, I've noticed this myself as well. You should really check out the Youtube Channel GNC Centric, give her livestreams a watch as well as her videos on trans talk. She really goes in depth with how this stuff really messes with you.

Thanks, I'll take a look. I'm glad this saidit exists because it seems that lately any places that commits 'wrongthink' just gets banned.

And well, my life hasnt always been that great.

I grew up in a shitty countryside village and struggled with suicidal ideation and self harm for a big part of my teens. Not much else to be said about that part of my life honestly. It wasn't until I went through my worst and moved to the city for uni till I started slowly getting my shit together.

That's also when I started dating for the first time. My back then still terrible confidence and the fact that my first romantic experience was with someone who liked feminity is prolly the biggest reason I started hormones, because I believed noone would really love me otherwise. I was also already aware of people on online forums self-medding through the internet.

Anyway, as of now I live happily together with my boyfriend of 3 years. My social life is currently not so great because of corona, but in the long run I can't complain as I've met a lot of brilliant people during the past few years.

As for the obstacles, not much I can recall other than my shitty teens. I'd like to think that it's partly because I've become a more resilient person and don't let many things get under my skin too, also that I know how to deal with people better.