why hello there

[ajborelli]

hello guys and gals, my name is AJ and i am new here, i am young, 17 almost 18 and i am a FtM. my parents do not accept me at all and my therapist recommended i go on here for some more support and advice seeing as this isnt going to be easy for me. my mom hates the fact that i want to be a boy, she calls me by my birthname and tells me this is unnatural and tells me i am a disappointment all the time. also that i belong in a mental hospital and i will never make it anywhere. so it is hard living here and trying to be myself, a lot of the time i want to give up. i live in PA and i had a meeting at the mazzoni center in philly on july 25th but i wont be 18 yet so i have to cancel which is really upsetting. anyway it is nice to meet all of you guys.

[sowisa]

Hi AJ and welcome. I am sorry your parents are so unaccepting. That must be really hard. I am the wife of a MTF and one of the  hardest parts of the journey we have found is the possibility of those we love rejecting who she truly is. This is a great site for support. We are all here for you so please lean on us:) Chin up, it will all be ok. You are almost 18 and then you will be free to forge your own path. Once you get there, don't let anyone get in the way of you being true to yourself.

[AlectheViking]

Aj -
I'm sorry to hear your mother isn't accepting I haven't told my mom yet and I'm afraid that's how she'll react. But don't listen to her because you don't need the hate man, you need the love!! It takes a lot of courage to come out and say that this is who you really are. You're completely laying yourself out there and hoping that people will accept you for who you are. I think that your family is the most difficult just because  you've known them your whole life. They're some of the people you care about the most, and it's hard when they won't accept you. It's unfathomable for someone you love so much to deny you the right to happiness. But like I said dude don't listen to her, you're super awesome just the way you are And don't give up!!! It'll get better! I know it's hard to wait for that because it seems like it'll take forever, but it's gonna be so awesome when it does!! You've got the rest of your life to find some ladies! Or gentlemen! Or both, whatever you're into!! haha You've got this man, just don't give up