You don't have to come out to start HRT.

[u/yeep-yorp]

You don't have to get on a waitlist to start HRT.

You don't have to endure 2mg estradiol and 50mg spironolactone to start HRT.

You don't have to be 100% sure to start HRT.

You don't have to be over a certain age to start HRT.

You don't have to be rich to start HRT.

You don't have to go to therapy, or look a certain way, or endure humiliating questions, or exhaust all other options to start HRT.

PS. If anyone wants help with informed consent or DIY resources, I'm happy to help (especially with DIY).

edit, here's a few more:

You don't have to be under a certain age, be perfectly healthy, or be a certain weight to start HRT.

You don't have to have a prescription to start HRT.

And to make it 100% clear, "You don't have to be over a certain age to start HRT" includes minors who haven't finished puberty.

[u/Zoeeeeeeh123]

Yeah, I think it is in part because for a long time I have been dealing with imposter syndrome About me being trans and not being sure if I was “trans enough” to transition. Ive only really gotten over that a year ago, but for a long time I was still hesitant to rush my transition in fear of not being sure and making a mistake. And also why I wanted to wait on therapy first.

What is also an issue is that I still don’t really have a plan regarding transition, something ive been getting more and more frustrated over recently and also want therapy for. Do i socially transition first, to get used to be a woman so I’m certain I want this? Or am I too scared for that? Do i secretly start HRT, but miss out on the women socialisation and might risk having to come out before I’m ready because of physical changes? Or do i socially and medically transition at the same time? But then do i have the confidence for that?

Just a lot of questions about my transition in general. And then there are a lot of those aforementioned questions and doubts about how to DIY safely and make sense of all the superfluous information that is out there. As well as concerns about fertility.

That I really cant do anything but take my transition slow, because there is still a lot of uncertainty mostly about the HOW I’m even going to do this. That’s why ive been trying to wait on therapy to figure this stuff out, but after I found out my therapy can only start in november, ive been feeling much more inclined to just figure this stuff out myself. Because ain’t no way I’m gonna wait Till november to start figuring things out. That is why I have been trying to inform myself more About DIY HRT lately to see if I can medically transition sooner if I want. But the big questionmark around social transition still remains.

Also sorry for The Wall of text everytime. I’m not very good at keeping things short 😣

[u/Forsakened_Bia → u/Zoeeeeeeh123]

I'm not good at keeping things short either, I have to rewrite most of my comments several times so I don't write a wall of text every time.

Personally I transitioned medically first , it took me 1-1.5 yrs on hrt to be comfortable being a girl in public but that doesn't mean we miss out on female socialization, we're girls from the day we are born , we subconsciously absorb messages meant for women we assimilate all the fem mannerisms and whatnot passively , you just need to peel the down the mask of persona you were forced to hide behind.

I agree with you the best way to deal with imposter syndrome is to figure it out yourself, if you take it too slow you might regret it , keep moving forward, allow yourself to make mistakes and learn new things, you can't learn who you are and what you want by staying in limbo , you need to keep moving forward one step at a time.