Hating Puberty

[Keaira]

Hope no-one minds my interruption into this very interesting thread but just ahve to say to Keaira, you are looking amazing.

The last photo I saw of you, it was good. But you didn't smile and frankly, looked a little like a late 60s pop star.

Now, you're like, wow. That smile alone is worth a million. And your hair!

Sorry everyone. Carry on.

Late 60's pop star hm?
Well, I do like retro styles ^_^
But anyway, umm... lol. Thank you. Given the thread that this is in, i suppose you could say i was a late bloomer?
That was quite unexpected actually. Which has given me an idea, so thank you for that. *hugs*

[Sammy]

I did not hate it as such. I rather had those stupid expectations that things will sort out eventually. Well, they did, but not in direction I was hoping for - quite the opposite

[FTMDiaries]

Puberty ruined my childhood. 

I was very unfortunate in that I started puberty really early - at age 6 - and my mother started putting restrictions on what I could wear & do from age 7. By the time I was 9 years old I had the full set of female secondary sexual characteristics, apart from Shark Week which arrived when I was 12.

Since my memories only go back to age 5, that means that my childhood only lasted for 2 years before my dysphoria hit in a big way and I really started to hate my body. 

[Shantel]

Puberty ruined my childhood. 

I was very unfortunate in that I started puberty really early - at age 6 - and my mother started putting restrictions on what I could wear & do from age 7. By the time I was 9 years old I had the full set of female secondary sexual characteristics, apart from Shark Week which arrived when I was 12.

Since my memories only go back to age 5, that means that my childhood only lasted for 2 years before my dysphoria hit in a big way and I really started to hate my body. 

Yeah, that early puberty really sucks especially for little girls because it puts a shunt in their childhood.

[FTMDiaries]

Yeah, that early puberty really sucks especially for little girls because it puts a shunt in their childhood.

It marked the end of an era in which I had the freedom to pretty much do whatever my brother could do. I loved running around topless & barefoot in the African sunshine, playing rugby with my brother or riding my bike around the neighbourhood. But all of a sudden I started to feel social restrictions, with people telling me what I wasn't allowed to do and what I wasn't allowed to wear.

I tell you, being told at age 7 that I would never be able to run around topless again - because some invisible hormones I couldn't control were changing me in ways I didn't want - was absolutely devastating. My brother, of course, had no such restrictions.

[spacial]

I tell you, being told at age 7 that I would never be able to run around topless again - because some invisible hormones I couldn't control were changing me in ways I didn't want - was absolutely devastating. My brother, of course, had no such restrictions.

I so wanna give you a hug right now. 

I was told the same but from the opposite point. In particular, if I had to compete and to never cry again, or no-one would like me and I'd get beaten up if there were another war! 

And I also thought that girls didn't have any similar.

Then again, at that time, I thought babies came from kissing.

[Shantel]

It marked the end of an era in which I had the freedom to pretty much do whatever my brother could do. I loved running around topless & barefoot in the African sunshine, playing rugby with my brother or riding my bike around the neighbourhood. But all of a sudden I started to feel social restrictions, with people telling me what I wasn't allowed to do and what I wasn't allowed to wear.

I tell you, being told at age 7 that I would never be able to run around topless again - because some invisible hormones I couldn't control were changing me in ways I didn't want - was absolutely devastating. My brother, of course, had no such restrictions.

I've known my wife from her very early teens, she was a tomboy who wore high top tennis shoes, jeans and a T - shirt with no bra, just one of the fellas. I remember her mom yelling at her, "Get in here right now young lady!" Things changed dramatically for her after that.

[mm]

FTMDiaries, do I feel for you starting at 6 already no time to be a child with the other kids.  I played with boys mostly liked doing their type of things, games with running, jumping, climbing, etc.  Girls were usually sitting and talking, I wanted more action.  This started to end during the summer before 8th grade, my chest start to enlarge and got my first sharkweek that summer.  I tried to still be one of the boys but couldn't go shirtless after my mom saw what was happening to my chest.  At first shark week was light a minipad for a couple of days, then after a couple of years cramps and bleeding for 5-6 days.  I found out about tampon and they saved me from seeing and feeling that mess all the time.  I don't what I would have done if had continued with pads.  I want to start T so bad to end them forever.

[Kelly J. P.]

 I started puberty at seven or so, and I was very unhappy with it. I suppose it wasn't so bad for the first little while, but when my voice dropped in grade 6, I was a little devastated.

And then there was the body hair, the facial hair, the sex drive, and all that... I remember telling my sister that I felt like I was turning into a monster.

I don't know about most people, but there is no possible way for me to think of puberty as being anything less than a traumatic disaster.