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I officially came out to the majority of my friends and any followers (including my older brother) on Tumblr about a week ago. It felt really nice to finally have that off my chest, at least to an informal group of people. I got some nice support from friends, including some I don't talk to as much whuch was really nice (I even ran into someone the next day and she used my preferred name and pronouns uwu). I felt a little dicey though when the post reached my older brother.
It's not so much that I don't trust him, or think he'd reject me, but he has a rather...blunt way of handling things to the point where it's borderline offensive. His response threw me off so to say to the point that I had a mild anxiety attack. But I was really surprised that not only did he approach me to say he was accepting but even changed my name on his phone and corrected one of his friends.
The only obstacle I have left is telling the rest of my family and making another official coming out post on Facebook. There's no way I can tell my parents face-to-face, it's literally impossible. I've had countless opportunities to talk to them about it but I missed out on every single one. Whenever I try to mentally prepare myself I just...freeze. The words get caught in my throat and I cannot bring myself to speak. Because of that I have told no one in person, everyone found out via the internet. It's just much more relaxing for me to type out words than it is to speak them out loud.
I'm really hoping I'll work up the courage to do it soon...
It's not so much that I don't trust him, or think he'd reject me, but he has a rather...blunt way of handling things to the point where it's borderline offensive. His response threw me off so to say to the point that I had a mild anxiety attack. But I was really surprised that not only did he approach me to say he was accepting but even changed my name on his phone and corrected one of his friends.
The only obstacle I have left is telling the rest of my family and making another official coming out post on Facebook. There's no way I can tell my parents face-to-face, it's literally impossible. I've had countless opportunities to talk to them about it but I missed out on every single one. Whenever I try to mentally prepare myself I just...freeze. The words get caught in my throat and I cannot bring myself to speak. Because of that I have told no one in person, everyone found out via the internet. It's just much more relaxing for me to type out words than it is to speak them out loud.
I'm really hoping I'll work up the courage to do it soon...