My mom never likes to admit that she is wrong and she often blames others for mistakes. My dad doesn’t really acknowledge that there are mental health issues in the world, he thinks that people who struggle with mental health issues just choose to be that way which is sad. But I think that mental health is important and people don’t choose to be sad. If I could feel like I’m alive and not fighting myself, I would. My parents have said that they won’t support me in my transitioning which is sad because I’m going to have to work on building myself up to live on my own when I transition. I recently had an accountant help me with understanding tax forms and they allowed me to use my preferred name, but my parents disapproved of it. Since I still live with them, the letter from the accountant got sent to the house with my preferred name and they yelled at me. They think that my preferred name is just for fun and they don’t really understand how much my birth name gives me dysphoria.