I was more nervous to say it to someone that actually knows me! For months it was eating away at me, I felt that I needed to tell someone, I was desperate to be me with other ppl... it had been so long since I had spent time with anyone and the need to be seen as who I really am was driving me crazy. I almost told my cousin, he and I weren't exactly close. But when he came out of the closet, I was the only one that accepted him from the beginning. Our family took months and years to accept him, so even though we have nothing that connected us intellectually. I felt that he might understand the need to be seen as who I am, it was a close call... I was scouring the internet and found a Zoo Podcast that lead me here.
This site has made it easier for me to be in a state of solitude and not go crazy from loneliness. Some people have made me feel hope that I might find others to physically hang out with and be friends, as well as come out to family some day. That's why I made the Dummy Accounts and tested out how it might feel to come out to people, the name calling, the threats, the avoidance and even the accepting.
Oh believe me, there were enough that reported me and others just thought I was antagonizing and trolling. But for everyone that either didn't believe me or hated me, at least three... maybe four others would be positive. Could've been that the positive ones also thought I was trolling and just humored me, maybe because I was a complete stranger and it took nothing from them to be nice about it. It did feel good to say it and have ppl hear me... in a way it felt easier and easier for me to say it and be acknowledge.