I came out after a near suicidal attempt . My depression was so bad , that I wasn ' t eating , sleeping , and this was causing me to fail out of college , which I did . Coming out and beginning my transition , I was at rock bottom . As bad as things were , the near suicide caused me to turn my life around . I came out to friends and family , making sure to put a lot of thought into each and every time . I began going to therapy and later started HRT after 9 months . My parents were loving , but not supportive at first . It took them 17 months to come around , and now they are amazingly supportive . My sisters are also supportive as well . My sister about my age , gave me tons of clothes to start out with . My extended family is also mostly supportive , with grandmothers who have threatened to remove family members from wills if they were bigoted towards me . I have since returned to school , and have been full time for 4 months . Life isn ' t perfect , and I hit bumps here and there , but it ' s good . Sometimes you need to put in a lot of effort and be able to see the silver lining . Other times , it just takes some time and careful socializing with people in your life . Even the most unsupportive people can come around , so it actually bothers me when people are so quick to give recommendations to give up on family or friends .