How do you feel about being trans?

[AmySmiles]

It gives me a hell of a lot of reasons to be angry with others, particularly family. So I don't like that aspect. But I'm neutral about it; if I was cis I'd be happy, but being trans is OK. I don't believe there is anything wrong with me for being this way. It's just an extra challenge in life.

Yeah, this is very true.  If I wasn't trans, my family wouldn't be in pain.   Everything else is going swimmingly for me but my family can't cope and I've been cut off from them for the last 5 months.

[Moonferret]

I dont like the fact that I wasnt born male, and I certainly dont like my body as it is now, but I can accept myself now and I've come to terms with the fact that I'm trans. I present as male, my friends and family know me as male (though admittedly some family members dont like it, but thats their problem not mine and they need to deal with it.) and I consider myself male. What every one else thinks is irrelevant and though I would obviously rather I had been born male, I like the person I am now and I consider myself a stronger person after what I've been through.
So no, I dont like being Trans, but I do like being a guy.

[insideontheoutside]

I never called myself trans ... it's so clinical ... and when the first psychologist slapped that on me it actually made me feel like sh*t ... like I was mentally deranged or something. I guess technically I fall under the umbrellas of transsexual and intersex but I tend to reject conformity and I certainly don't buy that some psychologists know all when it comes to other humans brains and bodies. I get that most people are all about the label because it's the diagnosis of it that gets them medical assistance to transition. But I decided I don't want to transition or change who I am, so the label has even less meaning to me on a personal level.

That said, do I wish I would have just had a "normal" body - hell yeah. This is one thing I really would rather have not ever had to deal with. But, if I wasn't born this way, then I wouldn't be the me that I am today. Who knows who I would be, so I guess it's better off this way in the end.

[AbraCadabra]

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...if I wasn't born this way, then I wouldn't be the me that I am today. Who knows who I would be, so I guess it's better off this way in the end.

Same here - and who in his right mind wants to be someone else, I ask?
Enough work just to be myself, never mind someone other... grrrrr

Axélle