5 Questions Adults 40+ Ask Realizing They're Trans | Dr. Z

Dr. Z breaks down the 5 most common questions adults over 40 ruminate on, stay up at night thinking about, feel extreme anxiety about when they find out they are transgender.

If you're watching this, you probably had a realization recently that's turned your entire life upside down. Maybe you're 40 or 45 or 52 and you're finally putting words to something you felt for decades but couldn't name. Or maybe this feeling just arrived seemingly out of nowhere and now you're lying awake at 3:00 a.m. asking: "How did I not know this sooner? Is this even real? What the hell do I do about it now?"

The 5 questions: (1) How did I not know this sooner? (Trap: using your past to validate your present, looking for proof), (2) Is it too late? (Trap: swinging between "I have to do this now" and "what's the point"), (3) What will happen to my marriage/family? (Trap: dropping a bomb or overmanaging emotions), (4) Am I trans enough? (Trap: moving goalposts constantly), (5) What do I actually want? (Trap: conflating want with should).

Watch to learn the traps to avoid with each question.