Hey.

[RayGiles]

Hey name is Ray I'm new. I am 23 and I am ftm pre-everything. I joined this site cause of my depression. I was supprised to find this group but I'm glad I did. I am really in the need of friends right now.

[Christene Administrator]

Hey there Ray,

I do apologise for not being around for a few days, sometimes life just gets in the way ...

Great to have you here. Depression seems to be a constant with transgender people, I myself suffered with depression for years, and my GP tried to everything to get it under control, what he didn't know at the time was that the depression was caused by a lifelong suppression of my feminine self.

Since I came out as Christene, and started living 24x7, the depression has gone .... and so has my sleep disorders ... its all down to the state of your mental health, and being true to yourself.

I started this group, because there wasn't one on here, I was initially drawn to HealthUnlocked because of the Couch to 5K running program, looked for a Gender group, found that there wasn't one, asked if I could create one ....

The group is here for nothing more than to share bits of information, and to be supportive of each other.

I'm here if you want to chat, private message me if you need to ...

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Hi feel free to chat/catch up any time.

I'm someone that has Depression as a main catch point to be aware of!

As ive Fibro and Autistic having Asperger's but have my method of madness to combat as best can.

I go swimming with a group called TAGS for TG people so there is places can enjoy with other like minds.

[Christene Administrator]

Hi Ray, how are things going? Any better for you ..

[RayGiles in reply to Christene]

Not really I've actually been worse since coming out. I can't live 24/7 and it's killing me inside. I've been so bad that my gf is thinking of leaving me, she's told me this. :/ I don't know what to do

[Christene Administrator in reply to RayGiles]

Did that to me, when I was living part time, it was far worse than being in the closet. Had to make the leap to 24/7 quite quickly to save my own sanity. It’s different when you have someone else in your life. I had to let my girlfriend go, being true to myself was more important to me than the constant mental turmoil that would have continued within my head.

I’m in a much better place now, if alone, for now ...

Keep in touch ... x

[Dan12]

Message me buddy i can support you with anything 😊 im new to this

[Christene Administrator in reply to Dan12]

If you are “new to this” Dan, why don’t you tell us about your situation, and your experience, we can help you too ...

[Dan12 in reply to Christene]

I feel like you come across abit cocky at time to be honest all i have done is said ill try my best to advise and support people and all uv done is make me feel like im wrong in what im doing.

Im a 23 year old man and have been going through my path for 10 years so no this isnt new to me but this site is!

[Christene Administrator]

Hello Ray, how are you keeping, has your situation changed in any way ... here to listen to you ...