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How do I navigate the professional space as a trans person?
Find other trans persons who have been there and struggled like you. You will get not only advice, but also listeniong, understanding and emotional support.
How can I better foster creative growth while having depression?
Ouch, depressionn is tough.
Don't ask yourself how you can perform as well as the others while having depression, it's impossible.
Think about the smallest step you feel able to do now and then do it. If you can't do it, don't beat yourself up, you will do it tomorrow. Take one day after the other, one baby step after one baby step.
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Find other trans persons who have been there and struggled like you. You will get not only advice, but also listeniong, understanding and emotional support.
Ouch, depressionn is tough.
Don't ask yourself how you can perform as well as the others while having depression, it's impossible.
Think about the smallest step you feel able to do now and then do it. If you can't do it, don't beat yourself up, you will do it tomorrow. Take one day after the other, one baby step after one baby step.