<p>I took a tumble off of my electric scooter, and I had to go to the ER. It was a difficult experience, and being trans didn't help.</p>

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I recently came out to my wife and kids as transgender after a long and almost deadly secret battle with severe gender dysphoria and depression. I asked for help, but I didn’t want to wait for the therapists and psychiatrists to call me back. I needed to talk now. I spent over 40 years running from and avoiding talking about it, so I started podcasting, in the hope that I can find my voice and figure out how to say what I need to say to the people I need to say it to. I listened to a podcast, Trans Questioning , and it saved my life. I made 'that' phone call. I'd like to pay it forward.