Should I pause HRT to better cope with long term intense stress ?
Hi everyone, I (AMAB 21) am failing miserably in a very competitive undergrad curriculum. It has destroyed my dreams of future career, and since every hope I had left in life was about my studies, I am absolutely devastated.
I've been on E since december and it's obvious that the moment I started, I lost my ability to handle stress and pressure. I gained the useless superpower of being able to cry and have panic attacks, and broke down in tears every single night before the written exam month. Now I'm about to get back in school to prepare for the oral examination of the contest, and I've been having a mental breakdown for the past 2 hours. I like HRT, but I've mostly been driven by euphoria and not dysphoria, so stopping isn't that dangerous for me.
I miss the time where I could have handled that a bit better, and if that means going back on T, that's fine with me. That also would allow me to work my way through the military, which is one of the last things I'm curious about (dw, I'm in the EU so it wouldn't be immoral). Also, I'm pretty sure a lot of you would advise me to get therapy. I can't have that in my file, and I'm not that responsive to it anyway, I'm critically underskilled in this unless you ask me to appear sane and stable.
I am also about to face a number of other very difficult events within that timeframe, and it's likely going to take me around 10 years to get back where I left off.
What should I do ?