The was an interesting segment on NPR this morning. There was an interview with a guy who really withdrew after his wife divorced him. What he realized was that he was avoiding contact with the outside world because he was afraid of being rejected. In a flash of insight, he developed a way to begin to come to grips with the idea of rejection.
It struck me that many of us, regardless of where we fall on the transgender spectrum, carry a lot of fear. We are fearful about the possibility that our partners will leave us, our family will want nothing to do with us, our employers and co-workers wil make life difficult for us, and on and on. These are all various ways of saying the same thing: Rejection.
While I'm not sure if I would employ his particular methods, I do applaud his willingness to face what was weighing him down and his efforts to deal with it. Nothing Ventued, Nothing Gained.
The story can be found here:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015...-conquers-fear