I Had Waited 29 Years for That Day. I Thought That After It Was Over, I Would Finally Be Able to Look in the Mirror Without Feeling Ashamed… But Just Three Days Later, I Locked Myself in the Bathroom and Cried to My Mom, “I Think I Just Made the Biggest Mistake of My Life.”

promise.

I was going to document the entire journey.

Not just the beautiful final result.

So I placed my phone on the table and took a picture of myself exactly as I was.

No carefully chosen angle.

No special lighting.

No smile.

I stared at the photo for several minutes before finally posting it.

Then I put my phone away because I was afraid to see what people would say.

About an hour later, I opened the comments.

The first one was from a girl I had never met.

“In a few weeks, I’m going through the same thing. Thank you for showing these days too, not just the final result.”

I read the sentence again.

Then came another comment.

And another.

Soon, dozens of people were writing to me.

Some had already gone through the same journey.

Others were still preparing for it.

And suddenly, I realized that for