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General trans community.
Rules:
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Follow all blahaj.zone rules
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All posts must be trans-related. Other queer-related posts go to c/lgbtq.
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Don't post negative, depressing news articles about trans issues unless there is a call to action or a way to help.
Resources:
Best resource: https://github.com/cvyl/awesome-transgender Site with links to resources for just about anything.
Trevor Project: crisis mental health services for LGBTQ people, lots of helpful information and resources: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
The Gender Dysphoria Bible: useful info on various aspects of gender dysphoria: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en
StainedGlassWoman: Various useful essays on trans topics: https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/
Trans resources: https://trans-resources.info/
[USA] Resources for trans people in the South: https://southernequality.org/resources/transinthesouth/#provider-map
[USA] Report discrimination: https://action.aclu.org/legal-intake/report-lgbtqhiv-discrimination
[USA] Keep track on trans legislation and news: https://www.erininthemorning.com/
[GERMANY] Bundesverband Trans: Find medical trans resources: https://www.bundesverband-trans.de/publikationen/leitfaden-fuer-behandlungssuchende/
[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/
[GERMANY] Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transidentität und Intersexualität: They have contact information for their advice centers and some general information for trans and intersex people. They also do activism: dgti.org
*this is a work in progress, and these resources are courtesy of users like you! if you have a resource that helped you out in your trans journey, comment below in the pinned post and I'll add here to pass it on
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I had that same issue. My therapist wanted me to go socialize and for months I couldn't do it. I got increasingly depressed and eventually couldn't deal with it anymore and I said fuck this, I'm tired of feeling this way. So I decided that I was going to socialize in the next opportunity I got.
Idk if this happens to you, but when I'm depressed I become extremely nihilistic and that gives me a huge confidence boost. It puts me in a mindset where I feel like nothing matters, and that also temporarily gets rid of my insecurities. I would go and talk to people while in this state and I was a bit awkward at first, but eventually I got the hang of it, and I've built up a lot of confidence by doing that.
I think one of the big things for me is that for a long time I've always wanted to feel in control. Anxiety is caused by the fear of the unknown and being in control eliminates the unknown. The thing is though, you're never really going to be in control. Accepting that I am not in control and just letting go has helped me significantly. Now I feel like I'm just along for the ride that the universe is taking me on and life's been a lot more enjoyable since I made that realization.
Oh wow, no I don't get a confidence boost from depression, really it's the opposite. I start to eat away at myself, criticizing where I am, what I'm doing, who I am, etc. It's a bad cycle.
All the nihilism with none of the perks I guess lol
This part resonates the most with me. I absolutely "need" to be in control. That's part of why I always avoided drugs, even alcohol. Why I spend so much time thinking before acting. Maybe part of why I avoid people. Meeting my partner introduced a lot of spontaneity in my life, after all they are a major influence that I can't control. I started to relax my expectations, I'm not quite carefree or "along for the ride" just yet, but more flexible than I was.