>>39359597yeah actually, i have?
so like 2019 i started hrt as a teenager but cause i was like crazy traumatised and super rural i ended up becoming a neet immediatedly after. i couldnt study bc of dysphoria just eating me alive and dropped out and kinda gave up hope about ever getting back into education, and bc i couldnt focus i ended up leaving my volunteering as well.
maybe 5.. 6? years passed in that time. i never made any friends, never went outside, sometimes i'd even make it 4 whole months without ever leaving the house. my place was kind of a mess i wont lie, but i kept myself going in the hopes that one day ill be able to change this all around.
one thing that i think really worked against me that i dont ever really hear talked about is how i was passing /incredibly/ quickly, like within 2 months of hrt reliably kinda quickly. it meant that there was never any distinction between the "me" before HRT and the "me" i was trying to grow into. and this meant that i sorta just carried on calling myself a boy despite the fact that everybody else just saw a weird boyish girl the whole time.
in 2024 i completed an online diploma for archaeology, and as of 2025 im in my first year (as a 25 year old, lol) of a 4 year double masters degree. moving out has done soooo much to give me a new start and ive really capitalised on it! im kinda pretty, i have an adorable best friend who means the world to me, i dress how i want to, i live in afab only housing with 3 incredible women around my own age, i have the potential to go into a very fulfilling career in a couple of years while im trying to gain experience now thru uni part timing etc etc.
life can change pretty fast if you want it to nona. try not to compare with others so much though, bc like i said, im not the only 25 year old only just starting my courses this year, nor am i the only one who has put off working until like 30 lmfao. People are complicated and we all have our own stories. Just try and do your best,
