Gid A Mental Disorder

[Guest AshleyRF]

I have no desire to be accepted as a transsexual.

Hugs

Ash

[Guest ~Brenda~]

I have no desire to be accepted as a transsexual.

Ashley hon

As I have told you before.....

You have nothing to worry about.

You are by far the loveliest lady ever....

Brenda

[Guest AshleyRF]

Ashley hon

As I have told you before.....

You have nothing to worry about.

You are by far the loveliest lady ever....

Brenda

Thanks. I just wish I could see what you all do.

Hugs

Ash

[Guest Nikki A]

I"ve always considered myself to BE a woman ,,,just an unlucky one !!.viv

second that ^

but i do accept that i am trans, and i am proud of it! mostly because it connects me to you all!

hugs, Nikki

[Guest Ryles_D]

I really do think that calling our gender a disorder and labelling it a mental illness does a serious disservice tot he community. You don't treat mental illnesses with physical treatments- you cure them or help the patient to live with the problems. That's not the right treatment for trans people at all! People have tried that and it ends miserably. Trying to get rid of a vital part of who we are would cause horrific amounts of damage.

If it has to be considered a disease- it's our body that should be considered diseased/disordered/broken and in need of fixing, not our identity.

I do not like anyone thinking that I am transgendered/transsexual. Those are terms that I simply never want used to describe me even if it happens to be a part of my past. I don't want to be reminded of it. I've never felt "transsexual", I've only felt like a female.

Not passing 100% is not an option for me. I will do whatever it takes to make sure no one can tell I have a trans past.

You can be female and transgendered/sexual. It doesn't make you any less female- I've seen some people who'd argue it'd make you more female, but that's just an opinion.

[Guest miss kindheart]

I was told to check the box by my Dr when I applied for my FAA medical , and it was promptly denied.

I had to jump through many hoops to get it back.

I renewed my drivers license the other day and one of the questions they asked is if you have been diagnosed with a mental disorder.

That question is also on many other things from registering for a gun to serving jury duty.

Any way all I can say is GID is not a mental disorder, and I'd advise anyone with it to check No when it comes to have you ever had a mental disorder, if GID is all you have.

vanna

[Guest N. Jane]

I think that if most of us expressed out true feelings as children we would have probably been taken to a quack pot therapist or doctor who would have insisted we be forced to do things generally done by our assigned gender.

I guess I wasn't smart enough to keep my mouth shut when I was a child/teen because that is exactly what happened to me - the quack psychiatrist who 'pronounced me gay', suggestions that I be given testosterone to 'make a man of me', threats of being institutionalized for being 'delusional', and a constant barrage of emotional and psychological abuse for rebelling against my supposed gender. Through the 1960's I was constantly pushing the limits and on the very edge of being forced into some kind of 'treatment' or other.

If it hadn't been for all those young people who made it an issue in the 1960's and pushed for appropriate treatment we wouldn't have HRT and SRS today.

[Sally]

I am with Vanna on this point - never check mental illness if GID is all you have - it is considered a medical condition by the AMA so I go with their opinion!

As to Brenda's comment about Ashley being the loveliest lady by far - I am hurt - I have been working so hard for that image of myself and now she has come along to ruin it!

Seriously Ashley - you are a woman, a very lovely woman and you are the only one who does not see that - however when you are in public people perceive what you are projecting - if you are confident in your belief that you are a woman that is all they will see - trans is a non issue.

We are all too hard on ourselves - give yourself the same love you offer to others.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest AshleyRF]

I don't know what to do. At this point, I'm not sure if I'm even any happier than before I transitioned. I try to be happy. I try to tell myself that everything is okay and that no one can tell with me but then I look in the mirror and I see something that I think is masculine about my face and I start to panic.

[Guest angie]

then I look in the mirror and I see something that I think is masculine about my face and I start to panic.

Uh Ash,

I think we all have that affliction. Tooselfcriticalittis .It's a terrible affliction and one that strikes

both the men and the women,the boys and the girls.Without some serious FFS for the ladies,and

time for the facial hair and voice to deepen for the guys, we all have this malady. Most days I am

so freakin confident I look like I feel. Others,I see(him)very clearly,and my confidence takes a blow.

But,we who live in fulltime role,have to deal with this. My girlfriends told me the day will come when

you don't see others reaction,don't care what anyone may think. They were right. As each year rolls

by, you change incrimentally,becoming more of the woman you now are,in very subtle ways,until all that anyone see's is a woman.It's in the way you stand,hold your head,gesture,talk. It all adds up to the person they see will only be the/a woman named Ashley. Not who you may have been,just Ashley.

Hugs Doll,

Angie