What's Your Main Issue?

[Jess42]

I've had this happen a lot. It got so bad that I started wondering if it was possible to end up with a split personality disorder just from living the two lives. I still don't know the answer to that, so the only clear choice was to push forward and let them recombine!

Emily, in short the answer to that is no. Anything is possible but usually Multiple Personality Disorder usually happens to someone in childhood because of a traumatic event. If someone has MPD they are unaware of the separate personalities and when one takes over it's like a blackout to them. Its some real bad mojo.

On the other hand you can have different personalities in order to deal with social circumstances and this is completely normal. I am an introvert so my personality that I use to function in the world is different on many levels than my true personality with close friends and loved ones. You may find you are comfortable in an alter personality and switch. I read a long time ago and found it fairly interesting that we go through personality changes somewhere along the timeline of 7 years. I can't remember where specifically I read that information or even if its true but when I think of my personality at 20 and then now, it has indeed changed.

[InkbyInk]

as an FTM I struggle with my body, I'm very curvy and small and so even though I look the part I don't fit into most men's clothes.
I'm pre-t but hell I wish we could just trade with MTF's sometimes that way we'd both get our way haha. Many people are sad about not being able to reproduce but DNA doesn't mean a thing when it comes to children, love is all it takes, it doesn't matter who the kid's biological parents are.

[Tristan]

Biggest problem?  Either challenging my parents and coming out way to early from what they said or the fact that I tend to be totally obedient to those around me?

[Carrie Liz]

Right now, I'm changing my mind about the whole "normal" thing and starting to say that my main issue is patience. Apparently I really don't have much. Waiting for the changes of HRT is absolutely agonizing. Waking up every single morning and looking in the mirror and feeling like nothing whatsoever is different, while it seems like every single other person on this site is making such amazing progress.

And it's really an irrational thing, because things really are changing, and I know that eventually it will work out and that my own time to shine is still coming, but it seems impossible to internalize this simple truth, and I always end up spiraling into these awful depressive bouts because it just seems impossible.

I'm sure that this will stop being my main issue in a year or so, but for now these next few months are probably going to be really hellish for me because of how little patience I seem to have.

[Heather]

Right now, I'm changing my mind about the whole "normal" thing and starting to say that my main issue is patience. Apparently I really don't have much. Waiting for the changes of HRT is absolutely agonizing. Waking up every single morning and looking in the mirror and feeling like nothing whatsoever is different, while it seems like every single other person on this site is making such amazing progress.

Carrie that's because your looking for change. When you stop looking for change and just let things happen as is then change will find you not you finding it! Besides the real changes from hrt are not physical. The true change comes from within and is reflected on the outside. Just look at my avatar do you think that smile came from hrt or did it come from the fact I'm happy being myself and thus reflected on my face. Carrie become happy with who you are and you will see the change. Stop looking in the mirror and look within yourself.

[Teela Renee]

My biggest issue is how hard it is to find a significant other, I cant seem to find me one no matter how I try. maybe I got my standards to high.....

[Kelly J. P.]

 My main issue is just my body. I hate being riddled with the imperfections and masculinities that are unique to tranhood.

[Imreallyconfused]

I feel as I can't fit either as a man or a woman. I can't be what I wanted as a man and at the rate things are going I won't be able to be as I want as a woman. I'm stuck in between and I don't know where to go or how to get help. I just want to lock myself away and disappear.