Norm Julian
1 min readSep 16, 2021

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Hey, there! I came out this year at 28. I have gone over so many little cliffs of doubt, too, despite the little guy in my head always coming back around to assert himself and shake is head at me. Hah!

One exercise that helped me a lot was to just dig right into those fears and ask myself, "so, what if I did regret it? What if I went on hormones for enough months to get all hairy and change my voice permanently? What would I do then, if it was wrong?"

...and you know what? My first reaction was my brain's own sarcastic remark: 'oh, no! I'd have to just live as a guy then! How AWFUL!' (it felt sorta like a relief, in a sense - like I got to be myself anyway). It was an interesting little perspsective.

It's totally normal to mull this stuff over - after all, it's one of the biggest things in our lives. Never be afraid to take it slow, and to feel those feelings - but also to know that you are not alone.

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Norm Julian
Norm Julian

Written by Norm Julian

Programmer by trade, Texpat, lover of multicolored things and sunflower seed butter

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