text: 2. Telling family and friends.  You can take the serious approach and explain that in the past you experienced a bout of mental illness and stuff you read on the internet convinced you that transitioning was essential to your well being.  You've now realised that transitioning wasn't the answer and your taking your life back and going off testosterone.  Funny approach : I went a bit mental and thought I should be a guy. Oops. I'm really a woman. Damn the internet.  Birth name: if you really don't like it, or it makes you anxious, then choose a name that you do like.