I am a transgender person who has spent too much of her life repressing emotions and feelings I went to a therapist and got help after the film Frozen and the song let it go broke my denial and mental barriers. I then came out to my best friends first followed by this site and then just last week my parents. I had also come out on Facebook too. But while I feel a little happier the depression associated with gender dysphoria still lingers. I have been also struggling with people phobia and social anxiety problems. Was put on a antidepressant for insomnia but it might have caused a near mental breakdown accompanied by a identity crisis. I feel a bit better they lowered the dose. The prescription seemed to make me more confident and feel more connected to people, but I have a phobia of drugs, how do I know this bravery is mine that I wasn't cheated out of my coming out by a wretched chemical, should I feel proud if it was the chemical, how could that be me....I am trying to be a realist not a pessimist.
Well done for coming out - I think you can take all the credit for that yourself. Your drugs can make things easier to deal with but the bravery was all yours.
Well done. I agree with the previous poster that you should take the credit yourself. The antidepressants were prescribed to help you, not to alter your mind or give you false confidence to do something that was not already within you.
Drugs or no drugs you are incredibly brave. Personally I found that when I cam out as gay my shyness lessened and I felt a lot more relaxed when in company. (I had none of that terrible tension of trying to be someone I'm not) Just remember you are a hell of a brave woman!
I feel better, maybe even if I need the drug for some reason, maybe I am still me, It just frightens me to imagine how that chemical could mess with my mind.
