Did anyone else know they were trans but went through a denial phase?

I had a gender psychologist tell me I'm not really trans because I have sexual trauma, as well as my father denying the fact I was trans. I went through a good 4 year denial phase where I just lived uncomfortably as a woman, tried dating men and having 'straight' relationships only to feel.. dysphoric for most of the time. Probably also the worst state I was in mentally dating these shitty cis men and denying the fact that I was trans, while the whole time telling myself in my head "I would be so much more attractive as a guy" and genuinely feeling uncomfortable having penatriative 'straight' sex.