A lot of trans people avoid transphobia or just deal with longterm feelings of dysphoria by not going outside, something I don& #39;t think is talked about enough. Discouragement from public life is an effect of discrimination that is hidden because it is not open bigotry.

When I say trans people don& #39;t talk about "not going outside" enough, I don& #39;t mean we need to talk about feeling bad more. I mean that for many of us, bedriddenness, depression, executive dysfunction are results of lack of medical care, taught self-hatred, being everyone& #39;s joke.

Even when you realize it, it& #39;s hard to believe your (sometimes lifelong) failure, or just being trans in general, is not "your fault." But you feel like you& #39;ve become a liability to everyone, because you have. This shit hurts real bad

I& #39;m happy this post vibes with other trans people, you& #39;re the only ones who make me feel sane. I& #39;m probably dropping grad school sometime this school year bc of a bunch of lifelong trans-related issues like this, so I felt it strongly & am glad my trans sibs are here for comfort.

Finally, for trans people who vibe it worse than I do now, are absolute shut-ins, agoraphobes, bedridden, closer to me as a teen: this thread also has uplifting replies. Transitional care, new community, & motion in your life can make, has made, literal worlds of difference.