My heart hurts knowing that pain drove me to alter my body, the extent the words of others wounded me left me consumed with self-hatred and influenced me to seek an avenue I thought I needed. I was convinced that I was in the wrong body because I felt immense discomfort with it.

I was unable to see the fog that clouded my mind. It has only been now that I have come to see all that has contributed to my decision to transition. The profound grief that fills me.

Talk to someone before endeavouring on this path, there is nothing more painful than mourning the loss of parts of yourself that you lost through unnecessary surgery.