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So basically you have pais in a high grade? But you started out male? I thought even kids with pais could be male. That's why the sex assignment For them can ambiguous and difficult. I'm really sorry this has happened to you.
Hi everyone, i am new to the forum and i am really looking for some help and advice and hopefully to make a few online friends. My story is complicated and i am not sure how i will be received on here as many people assume im a freak or something, but im a normal person that has been dealt a bad hand and i am just trying to cope with it the best i can, please give me a chance .
Ok well i am a 33 year old male, just over 3 years ago i was diagnosed with a major hormone disorder which effected my male hormone receptors, in short i became unable to absorb testosterone. The testosterone was then being converted into estrogen which my body was able to absorb,for those who know anything about hormones you will know for a man this is very bad i have tried every type of treatment and seen 6 different specialists but my condition was diagnosed as untreatable about 2 years ago.
Obviously my whole life changed, i lost friends and family and have been assaulted on 3 occasions, i received so much abuse in the area i was in i moved about 6 months ago to start a new life. But i am trying to start a new life living as a woman I have changed so much over the past 3 years that i seen this as my only option to be accepted, and i admit i have excepted and like some of the changes now.
My problem is i have no friends at the minute and i am finding trying to become a woman very hard, im struggling with make-up and clothing and all things female lol i really would love some help and advice and maybe a friendly person to talk to at times ? so if anyone would like to help or even if you want to know more than please reply i would be so appreciative
Thank you xx
Wow, thats terrible! I mean, the doctors dont know what caused it? And why did you lose friends and family? I mean its not your fault? I would suggest trying a womans support group in yojr area. Women are pretty accepting about this sort of thing, i think
So basically you have pais in a high grade? But you started out male? I thought even kids with pais could be male. That's why the sex assignment For them can ambiguous and difficult. I'm really sorry this has happened to you.
Their point of view regarding intersex childrens' ability to understand and define their gender later in life, not predetermined by parents when babies:
Shifting the Paradigm of Intersex Treatment - CONCEALMENT-CENTERED MODEL versus PATIENT-CENTERED MODEL http://www.isna.org/compare
To the OP: I think these are your people right now. Not saying that regular trans people or drag performers (who are generally more open minded about gender - in fact several are trans) wouldn't be good friends either. But you have a rare diagnosis and it isn't unheard of. I'd try and find the support groups they mention. http://www.isna.org/about/emeritus/ Also while your physical symptoms (migraines, lethargy etc) can mirror MTF trans people, there may be a difference in body chemistry/pharmacology so to know both groups would probably be helpful.
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But i am trying to start a new life living as a woman I have changed so much over the past 3 years that i seen this as my only option to be accepted, and i admit i have excepted and like some of the changes now.
My problem is i have no friends at the minute and i am finding trying to become a woman very hard, im struggling with make-up and clothing and all things female lol i really would love some help and advice and maybe a friendly person to talk to at times ? so if anyone would like to help or even if you want to know more than please reply i would be so appreciative
Thank you xx
I would say make-up is not a female thing since many women never use it. Also clothing and hair etc. style should come what you like. Look what you like and what looks good on you and that is your style. Read magazines, watch youtube videos of learning how to do this and that if you are interested of something and you don't know how to do that. There is no just one type of a woman, all speak, walk, moves differently. If you want to copy some idea of stereotypical woman which media brings up, then that is what you want. But some of us are just normal people, lol!
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