LGBT often fear rejection most of all. They worry that coming out will cause their friends and family to reject them. People often wonder how they will meet others, and how to interact. On the other hand, you may feel a great sense of relief when you finally meet a person who is LGBT or when you first go to an LGBT gathering. You may feel like you have finally discovered others who are like you, maybe even feel a sense of coming home, of belonging to a community.
Many people feel elation at points in the coming out process.
You may be excited about meeting new LGBT friends and having new experiences such as going to meetings and parties. And of course, dating and falling in love is almost always an exciting and elating experience. For many people, however, some degree of depression may come on the heels of the elation and excitement of coming out. It is very common to feel some degree of sadness. Part of this may be grief about the negative reactions of some of those closest to you.