How do you gain confidence in your identity as a woman?
Hi,
I am currently making a lot of progress in my transition. I recently came out at work which went very well and can now openly live as a woman. However I still often struggle with my self image. I recently had on a Friday this really nice feeling of being a real woman and actually felt really feminine fit he first time. My outfit in combination with painted nails and my feminising body just made me feel great and I think I never felt as much like me in my whole life.
However now after that Friday I have gone back into this weird slump. As my Post history shows I struggled with a lot of self doubt and intrusive thoughts over the last months and I feel like I am understanding more and more that it comes from years and years of my parents denying me my identity as a woman and telling me I don’t qualify.
I am wondering if any of you have tips how to overcome this residual imposter syndrome stuff. I love seeing myself more and more in the mirror and I love being a woman but I constantly get intrusive thoughts that question my identity and I am always super terrified of losing everything I achieved so far. I am super scared of someone unveiling me as a fake trans person and a lot of other scenarios which might make me lose this.
I love what transition has done to me so far and I feel so much more confident in my skin and also less dysphoric. How do I however get into my head that I am truely a woman? How can I cement it and be fully confident in it?