hi I'm Lizzie im 28 and am finally ready to admit who I am. I've been dealing with gender dysphoria since I was little but lied to myself and denied it throughout my childhood and young adult life hoping it would just go away. Feeling guilty when I would steal my mom's clothes or makeup just to feel like me and instantly run from the truth telling myself its just a phase as my my mom said when I got caught trying on her clothes around 10 years old. But it wasn't a phase it was a weight on my back and mind dragging me down and keeping me where I believed I was supposed to be. Now at 28 I can't do it anymore I finally did my makeup fully wore some cute clothes and looked at myself and what I saw.....was me. At that moment I knew that it was time to accept myself that was at the start of this year and I plan to make this year Lizzie's year whether or not I come out fully this year I'm not sure but I do plan to make an appointment with a doctor and look into starting HRT. From there I don't know what the future holds but for once in my life I feel like I'm the one walking the path lifting myself up instead of a husk getting dragged down into the mud and it makes me happy actually happy that's not something that I can say has been normal for me but now I can say it is. Thank you for reading this if you did and hope maybe something here helped you as well ☺️
Lizzie, everyone is always helped in some way, when they hear someone else's story. All of the stories get put together in their mind, and they can use the combined story, to help write their own story. Keep it up, Michelle
