Life can be hard and we all need skills to cope (especially when anxiety starts affecting everything in our life). Gender Dysphoria is especially hard to cope with. I get asked all the time for help in learning new coping skills. What I say is, “Coping is really a lifestyle, and we have to create a lifestyle of coping.” This means we need things with us at all times that we can go to whenever anxiety or distress hits!
Read MoreWhen someone has established and built up self-esteem it becomes a foundation to handle all bad things in life. If the foundation is built solid then a person can make mistakes and they are still okay. A person can mess up, hurt someone, or handle someone being angry at them. Because at the end of the day they can handle a little guilt and remorse because they know that they are still good, loved, and valuable at their foundation.
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