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Nutmeg muffins are in the oven,so half an hour to do this blog and then take our dog for a walk ,do shopping etc.
If you are Trans [which I am] and your life has been touched by mental health issues[ my younger brother has a Bipolar disorder and had life threatening episodes],chances are that your journey path will give an encounter with the counselling Therapy side of things and delve into CBT. I can see that for probably 35 years my life took the path of increasing isolation,starting way back then as a reaction to hostile message to conform and meet expectations.It shaped me to be very adaptable , build up a shell.-but made me less and less able to engage with other people as my own shell prohibited this, [even though all the physical external signs might seem Okay]. - Note see Caitlyn Jenners story in Vanity Fair,where Caitlyns first wife and mother to their Children says in one instance in their marriage that she saw Bruce as emotionally disabled from connecting to their Children. -For me this struck a chord as an aspect of Gender dysphoria, as a hidden disability.I hope that in time Non Trans people can identify and see that in Transition the result is a better person who CAN postively emotionally engage with society .The Trans person is allowed to say let me have my own identity. and have the time to do this.-In Actual fact The trans person knows better How to do this than anyone.-So Only YOU can make these changes if you are trans.
A slight warning -be wary of people who impose expectations on you , A trans person is a very useful worker that certain Psychological types will attempt to exploit.-I say this as I can identify this my life.
I am glad I quit my job,and gave myself time to change.Its opened my eyes,allowed me to find a "relational home"[psycho babble speak ] , but keep an eye on the time ..just had to stop and take the muffins out of the oven otherwise they would have burnt!
Final Comment: I like the analogy of the Ostrich telling the newly born Eagle it will have to run Faster if it ever wants to survive...The eagle will only survive if it can fly like an eagle.
