I've been full-time for four months, and I still react to my old name, although I'm training myself to stop noticeably reacting. It was rather amusing, the other day, when I received an email cced to me and sent to a guy who had my boy name:
I was confused for a moment, reading the first section and wondering why X, Y, and Z didn't have anything to do with me.
I also react really badly to any sound resembling my old work phone. When I was living a double life, I'd go into a panic attack any time my work cell-phone rang, because I'd have to switch into "boy mode" to answer the phone, and who *knows* what would be needed or whatever. I heard a noise similar to it the other day and immediately went into a panic attack. Ugh.
In other news... I'm still *WAY* behind on responding to interesting emails and LJ comments/posts. There's just not enough time to focus enough on them.
On the bright side, things are continuing forward on all fronts, slowly but surely.
$BOYNAME,
Do X, Y, and Z.
Joyce,
Do A, B, and C.
I was confused for a moment, reading the first section and wondering why X, Y, and Z didn't have anything to do with me.
I also react really badly to any sound resembling my old work phone. When I was living a double life, I'd go into a panic attack any time my work cell-phone rang, because I'd have to switch into "boy mode" to answer the phone, and who *knows* what would be needed or whatever. I heard a noise similar to it the other day and immediately went into a panic attack. Ugh.
In other news... I'm still *WAY* behind on responding to interesting emails and LJ comments/posts. There's just not enough time to focus enough on them.
On the bright side, things are continuing forward on all fronts, slowly but surely.