Ask a trans person!

[Jet]

Originally Posted by Mister Bent

I'm not advocating trying to help by explaining, or hand holding. It's in the way I live my life. It's in the way I comport myself among my co-workers, my clients, my neighbors. I've survived and thrived this way in the most urban and most rural environments, and everything in between.

Being angry, resentful, closed off isn't a viable option for a healthy, balanced, full life for me. I don't try to explain myself to anyone, I feel no need for that. I am first and foremost a human and relate to others solely from that perspective. I know I am a fantastic and beautiful creature, others either see it or don't; I have no expectation of their "getting it," as much as I might wish to live in a world in which they would.

I believe that if you confront the world with anger, it will greet you in turn.

Well....this is you. It's not me. Honestly, I don't even want to be here. I have to because I'm a Catholic.

[Mister Bent]

Originally Posted by Jet

Well....this is you. It's not me. Honestly, I don't even want to be here. I have to because I'm a Catholic.

I did a lot of work to get to this place, Jet. I'd be lying if I said I lived with no anger, or if I never had to turn to a friend or lover to help me remain on track.

I can't tell you how to live your life, I can only share what works for me, and hope that maybe somewhere in there you can find something that might serve you.

I understand feeling isolated, alone, misunderstood, unseen. I think most here do.