well, I feel like a coward. I went to my sunday meeting at the pride center, and it was good. But on my way home, I wanted to stop and get gas for my car, and I couldnt do it. I couldnt be seen as dorothy. Sigh.
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Stop it this instant...
you have very little support in real life with huge obstacles in front of you. You have been bounced around by the system regarding your health and education issues, and you are venturing into new ground without any maps or charts. And that doesn't begin to even discuss the horrific past that continues to plague you. Please go easy on yourself. This is something I bet you will find you have a very painful commonality with so many people; in your own community and certainly here.
You have nothing to be ashamed of and you are not a coward. As far as I'm concerned, you are brave, and I'm proud of you. You have provided your peers with encouraging poems and stories that are uplifting and hopeful and bright. Please feel encouraged today. I quoted this the other day, and I think you need to remember this.
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow." ~Mary Anne Radmacher God Bless you, dear heart!
She was born for all the wrong reasons but grew up for all the right ones.
Con grande amore e di affetto, Andrea Lena
Love, Andrea Lena
Coward, I just don't see it
In my coming out I had obstacles and mountains to get over and through not necessarily in that order. My first outing was a walk in the neighborhood right after sunset. It took me years to stop and use the ladies restroom while driving and even more years to use the ladies restroom at theaters and while dining out.
Courage comes with committment, each step out is another step forward. there will be that day you use thee restroom whle getting gas, although most gas station restroom are filthy at least in the area where I live for some reason the clerks don't seem to understand a messy restroom equals one less customer.
You are doing fine, you went to a pride meeting, That took committment and courage give yourself a pat on the back.
Jill Micayla
Be kinder than necessary,Because everyone you meet
Is fighting some kind of battle.
Jill Micayla
Be kinder than necessary,Because everyone you meet
Is fighting some kind of battle.
Not so!
You are only answerable to yourself. Like someone once said; this is a marathon, not a sprint. Like Jill said, it took courage to go out.
I agree
You have courage just to do what you have done. The rest will come with time. Have patience. It took me 50 years.
Hilltopper
omg I had the very same
omg I had the very same problem a couple of years ago. hopefully you have or can find a good group of friends who you can go out with in small public groups that's what got me over my fear. best of luck to you
*Beep* wrong answer!
A coward, you?! Not likely! Take it from someone who has been full time for most of four years and passes without trying (and knows it), and who still gets scared of going out at times (i.e. a real coward). You've had a much more difficult life than I and are showing tremendous courage, in my opinion.
Chin up! :)
Saless
"But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend." - Eddie Murphy, Coming To America