mellian
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In regards to gender and how things have being going can be simplified like this.... Pre-Puberty - I was gender blind, didn't know the different of boy and girl apart from just clothes and names. In kindagarden, there was a dress up section and wore whatever, male, female or mix type costumes and outfits. Same later on in first grade at the babysitters playing dressup with her daughter, just seem natural and fun, and no real different. Sure there was one time I turn down the opportunity to dressup like a fairy, but alot of students in class and the other girls didn't want to either. Post-Puberty - In combination of puberty and later grades of school really start to enforce the gender stereotypes, I was really genderly confused. So in turn, I went through stages in dealing with that, still not understanding how I feel and why have the urge to appear female and be like the girls whom I seem to relate more and easier to make friends with...until they shoo you away from some circles and talks because I thought I was a "boy". This lead to trying to suppress how I feel and totally being someone I am not by trying to relate with boys and to be like them. Apart from some things I enjoy like hockey, soccer, computers, and so on, only thing I could think of is how stupid they are for some of the things they do and way of thinking, and how stupid it was for me trying to follow along when i feels totally wrong. Also, I wasn't truely accepted as the rest of fellow students thought I was weird and to much of a fake. So gave up trying to be someone I am not, yet I stil wasn't being myself I still have the feelings, still feel something was wrong yet didn't understand why, and in turn I was unfortunatly was really temper mental, angry at the world for some reason, to negative, and again unforunatly my younger brother took the full brunt of it at home and got into fights with him. Gender Questioning - By age 15-16, I discovered the world of the internet and finally got information on how I feel and why, so slowly started to figure myself out, yet I was still scared of anyone finding out. Some time later, started hanging at the local youth services drop-in and counsellor read my diary called book of nonsense at the time which as some writings about how I felt and my questioning. Soon later, started seeing a counsellor due to my negativity and depression which I agreed to, mainly because it is confidential even to my parents. At one session, when we started stalling, counsellor brought it up thanks to other counsellor opening a file on me and mentioning in it what she read for my journal diary thing. So huge weight off my shoulders, but wasn't until the next counsellor I started seeing as the first was just a temporary student one really started figuring out who I am with her help, without judging or diagnosing...just asking questionings and point out some of the things I said. Year later, I came out and started being myself at age 16, and following months dealt with the headaches of my parents and family finding out. Gender Certaint - Apart from the first couple of years of further self-discovery, development my own style, and finally truely being myself all the time after highschool, that part-time job I got terminated from, and that youth leadership program I did which I had to bump heads with the administration for being who I am, smooth sailing and way happier. With the mental aspect taken of, just the other aspect of hormones which really helped mentally despite taking some getting use to the emotional attacks, ID change, and then eventual final surgery, I just focus on rest of life as I wait. While doing so, I establish myself in life and in this society has Me which I never did before. Made many friends, eventual full time job, first relationship and its end, and so on... Whole transsexual thing now is on the backburner and not a focus in life, just a condition I have to deal with occasionally. So yes, now I am 23 and this past year has been great for me and alot better in comparison to the previous few years. Finally actually feel I moving ahead in life and have the basic needs covered. Now, would like to play hockey again after I deal with one legal issue, get into some of my interests which requires money, and in turn a D/s relationship......and then eventually when the money is there the finaly surgery. There, summery of my life, so learn from it and cherish it as may prove useful. -mellian
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