What would you say........

[MelissaAnn]

What would you say if you had a chance to go back and speak to yourself when you were nine or 10 years old? Knowing what you know now. For myself, knowing what I know now, I believe I would encourage my younger self to be myself be who you are not what you are and to search out happiness, I would've told him that things would turn out okay. I would've told him there are good people in this world that care about you. I would tell him he is good enough, he is worth it. And I would tell him that I love him. What would you say?

Hugs,

Melissa Ann

[Jessica Merriman]

What would you say?

Exactly what you did, but I would bring a baseball bat in case I didn't listen! 

Serious though, I would mess him up and drag his unconscious carcass to the Endo. 

[JoshD]

I would have told her that she's going to go through a lot of hard times but that she's strong enough to get through them, even if she thinks she's not. I'd tell her that mom would be hard on her but in the end she would surprise her. I'd tell her not to argue with mom so much because she loves you no matter what. I'd tell her to work hard in school and don't let your friends get you down.

[Ms Grace]

I'd tell myself the lottery numbers for the next forty years...

But seriously I don't think I'd talk about  trans issues at all, I was 8-9 in 1974-75 what good would telling myself anything do then? Besides it wasn't that I wanted to be a girl all that badly, I just hated being a boy and hated being lumped in with them. I guess I'd just say don't pay attention to what people think about you. Most of them are judgemental idiots anyway.

[immortal gypsy]

 *steps in front of younger self, with that evil smile on my face and bat in hand *

"Yes gypsy dear I'm you. Now listen, they KNEW! Save yourself the pain and hassle. So we can do this our way, or the boring way. BUT you are going to the doctors right NOW. Even if I have to carry you unconscious body. So how do you want to do this"

If my younger self choose the boring way I would of replied.
"Good girl "

[Wendywishes]

I would explain why I feel the way I do, and tell myself to not be afraid.  Follow your heart and everything will work out fine.

[Nicole]

I would have told myself that I was ok and things get better

[lindagrl]

That´s easy for me to answer.
Don´t try to live up to your fathers expectations, you won´t succeed, a better life awaits you.
Then again perhaps i would not tell myself anything.  i believe that some things happen to me
for a reason, that i need to go through difficulty in order to grow.
No pain no gain as they say.

[AnneB]

I would tell my younger self, when I tried to tell Mom/Dad when I was 12, I would have pushed harder for them to really listen...

oh, and buy Google, Microsoft, and Intel, as soon as I read those names   

[Paige]

What would you say if you had a chance to go back and speak to yourself when you were nine or 10 years old?

Interesting question Melissa Ann.  I've often pondered what I would do with my current knowledge if I was 10 or just before puberty.  I had many opportunities to actually do something in my life about this but always chickened out.   Would I say be brave and go for it?

The thing is I have two lovely children. If I had transitioned early in my life, I would never have had children with my wife, I just can't imagine that.   Perhaps I would suggest transitioning as soon as my children were born.

Paige

[GnomeKid]

I probably wouldn't say anything of that sort.  I'd probably just go back and play pretend with myself. 

[FalseHybridPrincess]

Slap myself in the face and tell her to be strong for whats about to come.

[ImagineKate]

Not sure what I would tell myself.

I mean I would have loved to have transitioned earlier but then I wouldn't have my kids, and I absolutely love my kids.

If anything I would have told myself to choose medicine as a career. I certainly had/have the smarts for it, I just chose engineering because I thought it was fun. But as time went on, I wanted more out of life, and I wanted to improve life for people. What I do right now I feel is not really doing much... I mean I work in the media and we keep the Government and evildoers in check (supposedly) and bring people entertainment but I feel it's not important as saving lives and improving health.

[Edge]

You're in for a rough ride, but it will all be ok because you're incredibly bad@$$.

[Mai]

carefull about taking that baseball bat to your younger self.  dont want to break something you might still need now.

i honestly dont know if i could tell my younger self anything.  depends on how you view the outcome... would telling my younger self change something happening right now?

when i was younger i was smart, but lacked certain knowledge.   alot of the things that i went through, made me who i am.  while it took me alot longer to figure out why things happened the way they did i think they all happened for a reason. think id tell my younger self... fail all your classes in 8th grade instead of 9th grade to get kicked out of homeschool so it doesnt show up on your transcript the rest of your life.   but... perhaps i wouldnt have met my first girlfriend, tried to masculinize myself, joined the military.  perhaps i wouldnt have discovered where my hate for myself came from. or discovered the meaning behind what i was thinking.

sure you could just tell your younger self...  this is what you are! ! !  but your younger self may have no ~beep~ing clue what the hell your talking about.

so id have to say something simple.    "dont worry about the bad thing so much.  everything will works itself out in the end. there will be alot of ups and downs but you will make it to discovering who and what you are eventually..."

..
"now to run along to your mommy and tell her how badly you want to be, and how much you dream of being a girl" 

[gabimoneratt]

Idk how I could address this whole issue to a 9 year old me... I'd try to make it not painful but hopeful and informative. Tell myself this is how I look so far in my 20's and that I was gonna be OK I'd tell myself to talk to my psychologist and my mom about this issue and not give up, be persistent. Tell myself everything was gonna happen and lead to this point. I'm  pretty sure that, once little me knew about everything, she'd not suffer nearly as much and I'd want to make her feel secure about her future self   also I'd tell my little self to never beat myself up because we were strong enough to deal with everything and that I'd get where I wanted

[Amy1988]

What would you say if you had a chance to go back and speak to yourself when you were nine or 10 years old? Knowing what you know now. For myself, knowing what I know now, I believe I would encourage my younger self to be myself be who you are not what you are and to search out happiness, I would've told him that things would turn out okay. I would've told him there are good people in this world that care about you. I would tell him he is good enough, he is worth it. And I would tell him that I love him. What would you say?

Hugs,

Melissa Ann

Invest heavily in Microsoft.  Start a social media web page and call it face book.  Create an online auction site and call it eBay.

[michelleinil]

Man up and tell your counselor while in high school that you want to be a girl instead of beating around the bush and using drugs and alcohol to hide the truth from yourself.

[Trillium]

I would say 'you are female' I think just those three words would be enough, I'd always felt genderless from birth (from as far as I can remember) until earlier this year

[Lostkitten]

Knowing myself well enough I strongly doubt I had listened to anything at my 9th xD. If it could be around my 14th I would just give a hug and say everything will be fine, not too worry too much about what is right or wrong and that everything will be fine.