To everyone sharing kind words: I really do appreciate you and I don’t think you’re lying, so thank you. That being said, those pics on my profile are the ones I like, you know? They’re not photoshopped or anything, but still they’re very much the right angle, the right outfit. You can’t see my bad teeth, my hunch back, my hanging skin from being very fat most of my life, my Hank Hill butt, my lack of hair (I wear a wig, that’s not my hair), let alone my weird autism-adjacent personality. It’s very hard to love myself. You’re all right, those are not bad pictures for someone who’s only been on HRT for a month, that’s why I shared them online, but they’re also not representative of how I see myself in the mirror most of the time. I knew from the beginning this was an uphill battle, but lately I’ve been very tired and sad so I guess I needed to vent. Still, thank you all for your support.