Ups and downs

Life is always a bit of a roller coaster, one moment full of optimism and feeling confident, and the next full of doubt and depression. The hormones have a lot to do with this but it’s also the effect of society and the years of conditioning to be one thing when you know you are something different. One moment I can be walking down the street with my head held high and a spring in my step and the next a look from a stranger or a snigger brings me crashing down, my head fills with doubt and shame and I’m sent running home in tears. How am I supposed to live as an ordinary human being when there are so many barriers to this supposedly simple task?