How much stress is/has staying in the closet brought you?

I am no longer in the closet. However, when I was, it was horrible as I couldn't present as male.

I came out as soon as I could.

 

I'm still in there. It stresses me out on a semi-regular basis.

 

Still in and fairly stressful... I can't post things freely on my social media because of my family, I ant talk to most of my friends because they are super conservative and could out me to my boss which would most likely get me fired, and have to put up with a lot of insensitivity and awkwardness from people around me... if coming out is an option for you... I would recommend it ♡

 

A :***: ton of STRESS.

I'm still closeted and it's, a comparison I made before, like a slow poison. On top of that, it's as if any kind of antidote will be out of stock for the foreseeable future.

My family is a bunch of ignorant homophobes(of whom I'm stuck with for the time being; if it isn't bad enough to simply be associated with them) and the few lgbt folk around are just as ignorant and have done nothing but ostracize me further and make me feel even more like shit.

There's been nowhere to turn to but online and it really S-U-C-K-S! ;_;

 

Hard to say really. I'm not out yet, but my life is pretty akward and stressful for other reasons. However, i guess it does add some stress, as i do something wonder if i appear gay to random people, or family friends, and then they in turn, question my family on it. As although I am 99% sure my family would be Ok with it, it might still be an akward conversation for them. Would also be nice to be able to openly talk about it, but then, i am a loner anyway, so wouldn't have anyone to talk to about it.

 

I don't think it can be measured how stressful it is, I mean it literally drove me to attempt suicide. I'm just fed up of people treating me like I'm straight because I'm not and I hate it. But by far the worst part is not knowing what will happen after you come out, uncertainty is the toughest.

 

An absolute ton. Being more out and accepting has been so amazingly helpful for that

 

A LOT. I am still mostly in the closet, and hate it.

As I am, right now, no matter who I tell I still can't exactly pass and present as female. Which sucks. I didn't tell my parents anything yet, because I am worried about what they will say. And it is annoying keeping the secret. (Although I will probably finally tell them in a few months, after my first appointment with a gender therapist)

And, perhaps worst of all. I live with a roommate that I am not sure if he should know. So I can't even wear the clothes I want to wear around the house because I am worried about he'll say/do.

It sucks. And I feel like I didn't even come close to describing how much.

 

A lot. Not a day goes by where I don't spend a long time thinking about it and worrying that it will never happen.

 

A lot. I had come out as bi to a few people and I had told my mom I was a lesbian, but I told her I guess I was bi after all because I'm having a hard time dealing with not being attracted to men. :/

 

I hate being in the closet so much but there's really no point for me to come out. I'm just gonna wind up marrying a man anyways so that my family will be happy. I just wish I didn't have to live a lie.

 

I'm not just in the closet, I've made it my new home! I am absolutely terrified of facing up to the reality of telling people so I just keep everything in and it makes me so angry and sad that I can't even be true to myself! Hopefully someday, venting these sort of things makes me feel better because I have so much I want to say after years of that closet taking over my thoughts :/

 

It's stressing my out quite a bit. Especially when straight guys flirt with me. Whenever they flirt with me I kind of want to die. I just wish I could be gay and get over with this torture. I just keep doubting and questioning too much to come out. I test coming out as questioning on chat rooms, but no one ever respects me.

 

A fair amount. Like I can be myself and everything but it makes it harder when allowing people into your circle, y'know? It gets tiring having to explain oneself over and over.

 

Oh my god, does it ever bring me stress. The worst part is that I've developed a Stockholm Syndrome-like attachment for the closet and I kind of don't want to leave it even though I want to. So many reasons to come out and so many reasons not to. Part of it is definitely my tendency to put up walls around myself in general, but especially when it comes to my sexuality.

I just want to be free but I know that won't be practical. I think I've already wasted some of the time I was supposed to be (relatively) carefree, but there's already so much time ahead of me that I think I will have.

 

Oh don't you worry it's gonna happen!