Life is a bit easier now, as in I am happier now I am more in the right skin (same, slightly improved product but different packaging). There’s still stuff that makes life that little bit trickier, but it’s more manageable if I am happier. This is why many people who wrangle their way to the knowledge that they are Transgender actually take the step further and transition, either socially or medically or both.
I didn’t know I was unhappy prior to transition, but life didn’t really feel like I was living. I just had a big feeling of not fitting in, but not knowing WHY I didn’t fit in. If I look at photos now from that time, I’m a bit dead behind the eyes, no smile in most of them.