A Trans Person Asks: How do you accept the old you?

Addi talks about how they learned to accept themself as a trans person.

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Hello Humans! Welcome back to Ask Addi, your source for . . . me, Addison Smith.

If you’re unaware or can’t tell, I’m trans. Shocking, I know.

I didn’t figure myself out until about 10 years ago when I was in my *mumble*ies.

That left me a lot of time to look back with regret about not figuring myself out sooner. Not transitioning earlier, so I would have been more femme-looking.

I wondered why I never figured it out before. I thought about how my relationship with my body was never great.

I thought about what good taste I showed when shopping with my female friends.

And I thought about how much I don’t like men. They can be really annoying, especially in the groups I was expected to be a part of. Don’t get me wrong; it’s not all men.

Sorry, had to.

Anyway, this question let me know, it’s not just me. An anonymous writer asks:

I’m a transgender person who is transitioning. Is there any tip on getting to accept your old you?

And yeah, I was right there with you. Once I knew what the underlying issue of a lot of my other issues was, I kept looking back and thinking, “Why didn’t I take the hint from myself?”

I mean, I didn’t have clues. My subconscious had giant red semaphore flags signaling You Are Trans!

It really got to me because I knew that wasted a lot of time. I knew that there were experiences that I would never have because I transitioned later in life.