I had been real eggy since I was a kid and confessed that I felt at least nonbinary to a shitty friend while we were both drunk at 16 lol, but I didn't actually realize I was trans until I kinda dumped all my gender feelings onto a friend who asked me if I wanted to get surgery about it.

I don't remember what I said but that question definitely woke me up into the "fuck, I'm trans" mindset. I told the person I was dating, who immediately and entirely rejected the idea, then that happened with the next person, and then I ended up majorly repressing it and presenting hyperfemme, basically telling myself I was an actor in drag the whole time until the pandemic hit where I realized I didn't want to die with people thinking I was a woman.

I started very slowly socially transitioning, then got on HRT about a year and a half ago. Nothing has ever felt more right.