I am really afraid

[Flyerboy95]

It may be a little strange at first, and that can be for yourself or for others. I remember feeling strange around my family at first, it's just one of those things that takes time to become used to.

What makes you think you would lose your family/friends? I remember before I came out I thought my family would absolutely hate me, mainly because of the horror stories I'd read online and became aware of, but it couldn't have been more positive. It's sometimes easy to think the worst is going to happen, maybe that's quite primitive or something, a survival technique, but it can be good to actually have a proper think about how they will react.

As for friends, if they don't still want to be your friends, well then they where never really your friend to begin with. And let's face it, I wouldn't want to be friends with somebody that shallow and narrow minded. I know that's easy to say from my position looking inwards, the thought of losing a good friend is much scarier when you're the one in the driving seat so to speak, but do think about that: if they are really your friend, you'll have nothing to worry about, and if they have an issue, they're not worth your time.