i’ve been battling the “i’m too old to transition,” brain worms for a while, and it’s one of those dissonant things where it doesn’t align with my own principles but what’s fixing it is trying to radically change my lifestyle
You’re never too old to make yourself happy
i’m like “oh no i missed out on so many core life experiences” actually no i didn’t i can just do them now
I transitioned at 56. Never too old.
Also older trans people rock! More siblings for me to imprint on like a little animal
I know this is only kinda related but several months ago i was lamenting how i used to love drawing as a kid but i stopped & i was rly sad, i was like "wow i never realized my full potential & now im 32 & too old to learn to draw again." Then i realized that was bullshit & i could just... draw again
It took me a bit of time to get over that hump, I have been amazed at how fast I saw results and came to actually start to like the person I saw in the mirror.
Can't change the past, can maximize the future, and sometimes the pain of the past allows for great things you wouldn't have had otherwise.
I’ve also looked at it as “I’ll never experience everything, but I can choose to make those experiences happen now” Can’t say it’s always worked in my favor, but I can’t say I regretted any of it 🤷🏻♀️
What was true for me, and maybe others, was that the impenetrable wall of making an appointment to start HRT, and sending those coming out emails to Work and family or whoever, were so easy in retrospect. I was 44 when I came out, and could not have imagined where I would be just a few years later