Coming out as trans and admitting to everyone that you are a transgender is not a easy thing, not to me at least. I struggled for a very long time. I went through self-hate and depression. Gladly, I made it through and successfully got to be my authentic self. I never regret coming out and I am still feeling lucky that I came out that early in my time. You have to be prepared for the depression and even discrimination people enforce you. Here are some tips to help you to get through that period of time in a better way.
Come out to yourself.
How to expect other people to love and embrace you if you can't even love and embrace yourself? Therefore, the first step is learning to accept yourself. I often still feel like a guy every time I look at myself. In my entire high school and college, I isolated myself from the outside world. No friends, no communication beside my family and no social activity. It took me a long time to realize that being a transgender does not make me a human-being, or in other words, I am not a human anymore. I am more like a living dead. If there is another chance, I think I will deal with it in a better way. Therefore, what I want to tell you that no matter what you are, you need to remember and remind yourself that you are a human-being. You need to live like one. Being a transgender is just a small part of you, while human-being is the real you and the one you should be. Learn to accept yourself being as a transgender person and accept the differences between you and the others.
Build connection
The best way to build connection is to build it with other transgender people. There is no better place to do it than your own house. There are plenty of supporting groups on Youtube and Facebook filled with people with the same condition and would love to make new friends. When I firstly came out, there are no transgender people around me, at least from what I know, I am the only one. Many people even have no idea about the concept of transgender. Fortunately, I found a group of people with the same issue as I did online. I talked to them every time I felt need to or just when I was bored. It is very inspiring to talk to someone who really know how you feel. We encouraged each other and support each other.
Here are two most important tips I would like to offer you. I think they will be very helpful if you are facing the same trouble.