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I'm in a very weird emotional space right now where I'm simultaneously doing better than I've done in a long time, and feeling excruciatingly anxious and insecure. On the one hand, I have a wonderful partner (I genuinely don't think I could've dreamed up someone lovelier and more compatible) and my gender dysphoria is at a minimum and I spent the summer doing a job I loved. On the other hand, all my close friends are moving away and I'm moving to a new place and I've decided to change my name again (and that can of worms is incredibly overwhelming). I told my friend on a call last night that I don't feel qualified for any of this—being in my university program, being in a relationship, picking my own name, living on my own—and I think that sums up the overwhelm I'm feeling pretty well. I just feel so vastly under qualified to be running my own life, but I'm at an age where I am the only person who can be running it. What to make of that contradiction??
Sep 14, 2024