My name is Issac, and I am rather new to any sort of kind of discussion forums like these.
I myself am a FTM and I've been on testosterone for roughly five months now after a year of playing a human version of the game 'ping pong' between doctors.
The first thoughts I ever had on the matter trace back as far as I can remember. I've always been very unhappy with my body, despite it growing into an hour glass figure most girls would kill for. I recall plenty of times when I was younger always thinking about how I wish I could of been a boy, or how much I would of liked that instead. I brushed the thoughts off as 'weird' and something I shouldn't of been thinking, and thanks to that it wasn't until High School I realized it was.. actually something.
I've been very lucky being so young that I haven't had to have the fears or concerns of telling others like most others on this forum have experienced (and to them I give them the highest of kudos!). -Sadly for me, I did have to come out with it during High School for I could no longer bear being called 'she' and being called someones 'girlfriend'. I didn't learn what transgendered or transsexual was until High School, and had I known earlier I would of said something to my parents much earlier than I did. Anywho, I never got any bullying to my face, I do know people were misusing the term transvestite quiet often, but the people at school were at least descent enough to not say things to my face or physically abuse me. It wasn't very thrilling having everyone know the fact I was transitioning and having to deal with all random strangers who I had never met before mix up 'she' and 'he' pronouns frequently, but it was a price I was willing to pay in order to be happy with myself. The people I cared about for the most were the most accepting of them all and I never had a problem with any of them, even my parents, who weren't exactly /thrilled/ at the concept, were willing to at least recognize it wasn't their life, that their opinion mattered little about how I felt, and that it was my happiness that mattered the most.
I have yet to actually fully enroll in college (possibly as close to my doctor as I can-), but I hope to be able to do so soon and hopefully sweep explaining myself to every stranger in the hallway under the carpet and just be called 'he' and 'Issac' with little question, unless I absolutely need to explain myself.
For now, I simply am at home while I search for robotics internships and lurk here around the internet where I found this swanky little place! It's a pleasure to meet you all!
