Real life remains

Any kind of gender transition whether social or medical doesn't solve all your other problems. It just eliminates or at least mitigates a major life issue which you've likely suffered from since early childhood. If you had other issues unrelated to dysphoria, they must be addressed separately. 

Transition isn't really a choice because that clock in the attic will just keep ticking until eventually it becomes an overwhelming roar. This doesn't mean you have to do what someone else does only that it cannot be ignored indefinitely. 

I get up everyday and occasionally I feel cranky because I am human. Our moods are not going to be permanently rosy because we have addressed the elephant in the room which was our constant companion. 

Any pink fog you may have experienced in the past is now mostly gone and replaced with a greater sense of cohesiveness. The flourishes of euphoria which all people experience are still there of course.

Real life is what remains.

Oh and I ended up finding that purse yesterday in one of my thrift stores which was my little euphoria for the day. Paying only 11 dollars will do that for you.