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I will listen to you, don't make assumptions like that, it's really frustrating to be treated like i'm stupid just because I have a mental illness and I want perspective on from another victim.

I know gender dysphoria is a mental illness, but that doesn't mean that transitioning might be an effective treatment in some people, it might not be for me and a lot of other people though, you're right about that, that's why i'm asking for perspective from someone who did go through with it, because I want to expand my worldview regarding this huge decision that I may or may not take and have been considering for years. Sometimes things can be treated with therapy and totally cured, other things can sometimes only be mitigated through certain means, schizophrenia for example can't be cured, but it can be mitigated with medication.

Anyway I probably won't go through with anything, i'm already old enough that i'm mostly done maturing, and hrt wouldn't really have an effect, all I can do is make the best of what I've been given, though even as I try my best I know I'll probably just end up offing myself at 30 after drinking myself halfway to death for 9 years while being unable to interact with anyone and hating my body, self, and life, no matter if I was even born a woman or just didn't have this problem in the first place anyway.

I'm glad you were able to overcome your problems though, but I hate that a lot of people like you assume i'm not trying, or like I just sit and feel sorry for myself, I do try, I try really hard, sometimes I even succeed, but even then, it's just that, no matter where I go or what I become, I don't see how i'll be happy, I guess some people just aren't cut out for life, and i'm one of them I guess.