I talk a lot about how it's like my brain is functioning differently now, but for real, there's a lot I can do now that I couldn't before. I can open up to people in a way I couldn't before, pre-transition or while on SSRI's.

And for real, I am so grateful to the drugs that I was on for helping me get to this place. But there's things they blocked in me. Like I think I've talked before about how they smoothed the ups and downs of my life - no highs, no lows. But also, they flattened it - no depth.