Enough dooming. Tell me about the good things that have been going on on your life, no matter how small. Share your wins. Discuss your path towards success.
I got a bf recently and being with him has improved my mental health tenfold
>>43858616I got fired today, and while I’m sad my artwork has suffered because I had no time to be creative when I was working 7 days a week, so I’m happy to have a moment to breathe again
>>43858895>working 7 days a weekHow horrifying
I think I made some positive changes in my life recently that my therapist has been encouraging me toward and that I hope will help me stop driving people away, and I'm making slow but steady progress toward SRS and getting a new tattoo and piercing done soon
It has been almost two weeks since my first laser treatment (facial hair removal). The last few days i started shedding, and plucked the remaining loose hairs yesterday with zero resistance. I shaved the few thin hairs that regrew today, and was smooth for the first time since I was twelve. You can't imagine the relief. My facial hair was like black bristles before, shaving turned it into raised black bumps. I know that this won't last (for now), as the dormant hair will grow in and I will have to laser it again, but it was like a preview of how it will be once I am done. It was a much needed peak in otherwise shitty weeks, especially after looking worse following the treatment and being unable to shave due to a skin reaction. It is nice now, and it will get even better in the future.
>>43858912It’s not and I shouldn’t complain about it, I just can’t do that to myself anymore I don’t think it’s good for us humans
>>43858956No, nona, working literally every day is something to complain about. That's slave work
>>43858944Any reason you chose laser over electro?
>>43858859I'm sure he's happy with you too.
>>43858941What kind of tattoos and piercings were you thinking about?
>>43858616My path towards success is weird.> Being unable to date not mentally ill people because I am too clingy/insane for normies. > Drop old community, rarely talk with them nowadays.> Join new community, most become fren.> Most trans frens I met there were super nice, compared to previous encounters were they made me lose my mental health every second.> Get NEET boymoder GF and soon will meet her irl.I guess I am not too miserable, progress is progress..
>>43859038some gay vines and flowers shit and maybe a transverse lobe or something like that, gonna talk to my tattoo artist and piercer about their ideas
>>43859043Unfortunately trans people come in two flavors, have their shit together or mental illness blackhole. Glad you found the former
>>43859070Sounds pretty, hope it goes well for you
>>43858616I’ve suffered from lassitude since age 16. This was diagnosed as major depression at the time. Struggled in high school; managed to graduate (and with honours, too) only because my teachers were very supportive (it was a posh school) and because my parents hired tutors. Flunked out of uni after 2 years due to lack of discipline and structure. NEETed for years after this. At one point I became severely depressed and wouldn’t wash for up to four days at a time.Eventually I figured out that I have ADHD, got myself diagnosed, started taking Vyvanse, eventually managed to establish a daily routine. Shower every day now and am eating more and regularly exercising for the first time in years. Gonna start applying to jobs soon. Eventually I want to go back to uni to study software engineering :) Then I can finally troon out
>>43859143You should just troon out now, will make life better
>>43859143Oh I forgot to mention I’m 26 now
>>43859143>software engineeringthis is the 2020 autistic tranny strat, it doesnt work anymore programming is kinda dying now desumaybe you can become a construction worker and build a datacenter
>>43859155Unfortunately I lack the guts to troon out as long as I’m still living in my father’s house. Even if he were fine with it it would be mortifying for me to be seen like that by him. I’m too self-conscious for my own good, I know. I can’t just “get over it”, unfortunately.I’m not too worried as I haven’t masculinized terribly other than my facial hair getting thicker and my skin looking older. My body proportions are almost the same as they were ten years ago. I’ll be fine
>>43859177They’re still gonna need developers, even if only to supervise LLM and debug their output. They’re still gonna need a human being who understands how computers work to do this.Plus the “AI” bubble’s gonna burst soon. I’m not worried.
>>43859187I would recommend some light hrt repping in the mean time. You shouldn't see effects until you move out
>>43859215Ehh I’m reluctant to do this because doesn’t estrogen make you more emotional? I can’t afford that rn
>>43859227Not particularly, no
>>43859204>They’re still gonna need a human being who understands how computers work to do this.exponentially less developers, but sure and your job is gonna pay u like shit because everyone and their mother went into cs and employers have a lot of choices
I met an absolutely wonderful trans woman a few months ago. We've become good friends in a short time but I'm starting to fall for her romantically and am afraid that it will ruin the friendship that we have if she doesn't feel the same
I made it another year without killing myself
>>43858616my relationship with my mom is the best its been for a long time. and i have a person that i've been friends with for a long time, we've gotten a lot closer and recently acknowledged to each other that we're best friends. that was a huge deal for me. i would do anything for her. and i'd do anything for my mom. that's about all i can offer to this thread, if i go into other parts of my life it will be the doomposting OP said not to do.
>>43859914Having mutual best friends is honestly rare in this age. Definitely hold on to that relationship
>>43858616had a brutal breakup a few weeks ago. i thought about the relationship today again and while im still incredibly sad about it for the first time i felt a tiny bit of acceptance over the fact that it ended.wouldnt say im over it but getting there.
>>43859914>mutual bestiesI love that so much, im probably not my bestie's bestie and i shall never ask and put him in that position
>>43859938i will. we have some cool stuff planned for the future together. i've only had a friendship like this once before and that person died, so i was convinced for years that i'd never have anything like it again. she's even said outright she doesn't expect that she can replace that person. but i don't view it as replacement. it's like the 2 best chapters of a book. seasons, as my mom says>>43860093i didnt wanna put her in that spot either, i had used the words best friends a couple times before in a sort of jokey way when i wanted to help her with stuff. i forgot how exactly it came about this time but it wasn't dramatic or putting her on the spot. last thing i'd wanna do
>>43860025Accepting it's over is the first step. You'll bounce back
>>43859020Because laser can be had for a 50 bucks a session nearby in a beauty studio (that my irl tranny acquaintances recommend), and because I am a suitable candidate (dark hair/pale skin). I wouldn't even know where to get electrolysis, and don't see the advantage
>>43860412Makes sense then
I didn't fail any classes this year. Still made no friends but that's a work in progress
i just started a new job that i hate, but money. also boyfriend has been a lot more affectionate & calling me more since i got upset he spent a whole day not wanting to talk to me(ldr). still wanna kms but ive got enough going to stop that for now.
>>43861410>ldrI'm sorry
>>43861315Hope you find a friend next semester
>>43859899here's to many more
