Specifically the fear of violence, discrimination, and losing your rights to an increasingly oppressive regime? I know that my coping methods aren’t healthy or good since they revolved around trying to ignore it, until it became unignorable. So how do you cope with this?
I’d like to find some more strategies so I don’t give in to the urge to drink the fear and pain away again.
You have to channel your feelings into something productive. I recommend organizing, research organizations and find other people who are motivated by the same things you are. You can organize actions, meet other trans people and keep in contact, and raise awareness about it.
Something that helps me is reading. I know it seems passive but you’re going to develop your mind and regulate yourself. An educated person is harder to control.