First of all hi and welcome sweety,as for being depressed yes there are. Many like this,my first advice to you is to go see. The counsellor of the college tell them your secret if they are good honest counsellors they will give you all info needed to help you become comfortable to transition on saying that id ask for them to get you an appointment with atherapist to help you with being trangender sweety..i hid myself away for along time but once u get the therapy things started to get better and look at me now I'm a happier person and on my way to my true self.as for making friends that will take a little longer but in time u will find the right group of friends just love yourself from inside surprisingly this inner confidence within will start to show outside and people will notice.what you have within you is beautiful soul just ready to blossom.and any questions u need to ask I'm here for you as the rest of the group are too ok,xxx,xxsheevaraxxxx

Andrea,

If there is one thing I learned during my transition was that fostering and feeding depressive thoughts will keep you depressed. I know you cannot be full how you would like to be but that does not be that you have to hide out until you can.

I am as strange as they come, yet I make friends not easily mind you but I do get out of my shell and introduce myself and yes I do look very male and what nots but my body is not the least bit male underneath my clothes, it used to bother me but not anymore.

If someone does not want to be friends with me for whatever reasons, that's on them not me. So my advice is to go out there and introduce yourself, and if you get lucky to make a friend who is trustworthy, then share your secret with him/her and carry on.

I am a shy as anyone but I have decided that such a thing has to run my life. What you need is what some would call, to get out of your own head. Become someone interesting, read, learn new things, you know what I am saying? Get to know who you are so, love who you are, right now as it is, not later. So that if you get rejected, you will not take it so personally, you know?

Hope this helps,
Wolf (FTM)

Thank you all for your advise. Love you all!

My dad just told the family that he wants to be a woman, my dad lives far from me and I am afraid to talk to him right know. So I am new to this site hoping to understand and maybe be able and comfortable to support him and be by his side. I read your topic and it made me think about my dad growing up I always wondered why he didn't have friends. He served in the military so I thought he would have a lot of buddies , but he just kept to himself , I thought he was just a quiet person, but maybe is was like you said he couldn't connect to males. So what does that mean for me I don't have friends I am quiet person and keep to myself. I thought I was like my dad I thought it was just a personality trait. But I must be wrong I am not struggling with my gender. So know I am wondering what traits do I have that is truly from my FATHER.