Content Warning

This episode includes discussion of mental health, depression, suicidal ideation, dysphoria, trauma, anti-trans reactions from loved ones, and survival during early transition.

Please listen with care.

Crisis Support Note

If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts or feel unsafe, please reach out to someone immediately: a trusted person, a local crisis line, emergency services, or a mental health professional. You deserve help from people who take your pain seriously.

Episode Summary

In this deeply personal episode, Rae talks about early transition, survival mode, suicidal ideation, dysphoria, and the emotional danger of being dismissed by loved ones when you are trying to stay alive.

This is not an episode about giving up. It is an episode about surviving long enough to reach ...