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r/trans • … • u/ArtificersBeard

Shaved and scared.

So I dropped someone who turned out to be incredibly toxic to my mental health and decided to turn some of the shocking amount of energy I was spending on her exploring gender expression, and realized I am trans.

I have been sitting on this for about six weeks now and my husband and my immediate in person friend circle have all been incredibly supportive which has also been a big help since all of them are some combination of letters from the Alphabet Mafia.

I have been making small, simple, easy to hide changes just to feel more comfortable, and I took the biggest leap so far and shaved my beard off because I realized I was hiding behind it for so long and I felt so much relief.

I have only been clean shaven twice in the past 13 years of my adult life (am 31 AMAB), but I also grow hair like a play-doh toy, and everytime I look in a mirror I am startled and start to think maybe I am making a giant mistake. Is this common, or am I just way overthinking this?

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