"It's never too late to change yourself. Happiness is real, you just have to be willing to risk something ... "
This is today a student, well, or already a student from Ohio (USA) under the nickname Selgal can safely admit that she is finally happy, and 18 months ago her path to the main and amazing changes in life was just beginning and nobody knew where and to whom what will it lead to ...
Born in a body with which he did not identify himself, Selgal could not reconcile himself and live this way further. At the age of 16, he made the main decision in life - to become what he felt "inside". And it was from this moment began the countdown of the long 18 months of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and with them fear, depression, hope and long-awaited happiness!
Each month lived and desired changes in the appearance of the guy documented in the form of 25 honest self, frankly describing his mood and state. In a word, hang on, it's interesting and shocking at the same time!
1. Two years before hormone replacement therapy. Here to me of 16 years ...
2. The first month of HRT and the beginning of studies in college. I always check in the mirror - something has changed or not. But it looks like it takes a lot of time for great changes. I'm at the beginning of a long journey ...
3. Three months HRT. I'm starting to feel better. True, I'm still depressed, but at last I become myself.
4. Trying to be pretty when I'm not her. 9 months HRT.
5. Here I look like one of the guys on the Dateline TV program. Laughing out loud. 11 months HRT.
6. Well, finally the first Selfie, which I liked!
7. Damn, I'm still ugly!
8. The second year of college and the 12th month of HRT begin.
9. But I look good in the class, though, for some reason I began to wear baggy clothes. All the same 12th month of HRT.
10. I start to notice something. 12 months HRT.
11. Still look like an angry dude. 13th month of HRT.
12. I sit in the classroom. 13th month of HRT.
13. Selfie in my dirty mirror. 14th month of HRT.
14. Sorry for the anime T-shirt. 14th month of HRT.
15. I begin to look like a cutie. 14th month of HRT.
16. I just woke up, because I look capricious. 14th month of HRT.
17. I'm going to bed. 15th month of HRT.
18. On the way home from school. I'm starting to dress more feminine. 15th month of HRT.
19. After much needed haircuts. 15th month of HRT.
20. I woke up. It was curious to see myself. 15th month of HRT.
21. Excellent selfie in the class. I like how I look! 15th month of HRT.
22. Evening walk. I went to the 16th month of HRT.
23. For the first time I went out with make-up and dress. 16th month of HRT.
24. Selfie from the bathroom. 16th month of HRT.
25. And this I am today (17 months of HRT). I live happily with a friend, whom I love more than life. It's never too late to change yourself. Happiness is real, you just have to be willing to risk something!