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[karenhunni]

Hi i just wanted to ask , does anybody else here find being ts a realy hard emotional drain , its exhausting for me .

[Jessinthesprings]

It is stressful. not sure if it's an emotional drain.

[gretchen2]

I find it to be stressful, an emotional rollercoaster, strange, some anxiety, and extremely rewarding, it’s all worth the price of admission for me. I do not think that I would have it any other way. An experience that few experience.

[CharleneT]

In the past, yes very much. Of late, things are settling down and I feel pretty darned good actually ;)

[tanyalynn51]

Stressful, hard, but the more I let myself out, the better I feel.

[StaceyJane]

Yes, there is an emotional toll but running away and not facing up to being TS has a much greater toll.

[Stephanie Anne]

It was until I went full time. Now it is just another day in the life. I still have to expend some mental energy as I learn to live without the burden of being TS.

So yes, it was but now it is not. The energy I extend now is worth it as I am honestly happy without condition.

[Sharon]

I was stress personified when I was contemplating transition, but I have been at peace since making the jump.

[Jorja]

Allow me to help you with your stress. It works for me.

http://amjbanks.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/stressed.jpg

[Steph.TS]

I just hate not being open about it, I hate keeping a big secret like this botled up, but at the same time, I'm very much afraid of the consequences of telling others I'm TS.

[Sejd]

I think you are right. It is very stressful. I don't know how to solve this problem, but I know that modifying and adapting to your current situation may eliminate some stress. I wish I could be femme all the time, but I also know it's not possible for me without loosing a part of my life I hold very dear, so I have had to make some compromises. Still, it's not easy. Being TS is just not easy I guess.

[tanyalynn51]

Allow me to help you with your stress. It works for me.

http://amjbanks.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/stressed.jpg

You really, really have a strange sense of humor, and coming from me, that's saying something. But, strangely enough, it did work. You didnt warn about the headache I'd have when I woke up though...:cry:

[Jorja]

You really, really have a strange sense of humor, and coming from me, that's saying something. But, strangely enough, it did work. You didnt warn about the headache I'd have when I woke up though...:cry:

If you do it enough you won't have headaches.

Yes I do seem to have a warped sense of humor, aren't you lucky? :D

[Hope]

Actually I find it to be a HUGE relief. Coming out is stressful. Navigating the land of health-care providers is a torturous pain the the keester. Coming up with the cash is a challenge... but walking the walk is a HUGE relief.

What was a HUGE drain was all of the effort I put into hiding, and denying, and repressing who I am.