God after coming from that hellsite, everything in Mastodon seems so cozy. No unwanted liked posts showing up after every other post, no promoted posts, everyone's LGBTQ+ and furry, it's honestly relaxing.
Starting HRT has done a lot to boost my confidence, but also fake it until you make it has been extremely good advice for me and also I've been getting so many compliments from my friends and they've destroyed me. Like, what if they're *right*?
All set up on mastodon now, probably going to be a lot more open and nsfw here with no family/irl/young people following me. It's nice to be comfortable doing that.