Quote from: pamike0002 on June 22, 2007, 10:18:32 AM
Hello, my name is mike (for now). I'm very confused and i'm here for advice. i can't say i remember feeling like i wanted to be a woman at to young of an age, but the earlyest i remember is in my early teen years. I would stay home from school and dress in my moms clothing and put on her make up, but i feel i want more then just to cross dress. I recently came out to my girlfriend who is awsome about it. I told her if she didn't want to be with me because of this that i would understand. She said we'll see what happens, but she would always be there for me. Which is great, but what i don't know is, is it a fetish or something more? Also i was wondering how long after seeing a theropist will he/she prescribe hormones?
Thank you in advance for any answers
Hi Mike (would you prefer to be called something else?), and welcome to Susans!
Please feel free to browse around the forum, and review the
Site Terms of Service and rules to live byThe Standards of Care suggest that you see a therapist for a minimum of three months before they'll consider an HRT letter. But therapists vary, and the SOC is more guideline than law, so you never really know. Mine took like TEN months to give me a letter, which really drove me insane.
Is it a fetish? You'll probably see that many people here ask that for themselves. It's a difficult thing to figure out, as IMHO, testosterone might twist the simple need to be female into a male-ish, sexual kinda thing. Some people say transsexuals and CD/TVs are entirely separate, some say one can evolve into a TS, some say... well there are a lot of opinions out there. All questions you'll eventually have to answer.
The best thing to do is talk over *everything* with your therapist. Be as honest as possible, with both yourself and her.
And feel free to pick our brains here as well
~Kate~
