Quoteby: keira - I've known a few who didn't stop until they went too far
and one even had a breast reduction because it was causing too much problems,
not too mention his sperm count was shot to hell.
Let's discount sperm counts as base #1 right here..I don't think that subject is germane to this section...if you want kids, then ya gotta do it the old fashioned way...and I heartily suggest both a mother and a father in a solid-family oriented setting. There are too many screwed-up kids in the world. I am one of them...but you have to read my introductions to see where that comes from.
I am quite open minded, but I do not agree with raising children in a "Suzie/Tommy has two mommies" atmosphere. I see it as just wrong on many levels..
What is the word I am searching for..no time to Google it..is it "autogynophylia"? Maybe it is...but it is a rather powerful drawing into almost deifying the female form..so much so that a male child would seek physical changes to his own form out of reverence.
Hormones are just the tip of the iceberg. They are only a means to an end. The real brain-f occurs when we let things get to us.
In Loni's case, she had some serious physical damages that set things up..but that's not a fair enough reason for doing what she did. It opened an OPPORTUNITY...just like my childhood and the endo-doc in Long Beach who gave me step 2 in my own trip.
When one door slams it seems...another opens. Loni took the brass ring..so did I.
Many of us here would likely change from the rather more-or-less "unique" situation if we were given the option.
All of us want normalcy, whatever that is. If we didn't, why then would some desire to "pass"?
Pass to what? ....NORMALCY! To be perceived as a woman...intact and complete and it's no surprise that some go stealth after their GRS..they just fade away and get it on for the rest of their life.
Why do people want to change their physical profile? They seek acceptance. Acceptance by themselves, others, peers, wives, lovers, children, pandering to a psychosis....it's all there.
Being born in the wrong body already sets one up for mental gymnastics that are sometimes destructive. I proffer that that is NOT a typical lifestyle or even a type of normal existence. Being born in the wrong body sets us up for hatred, fear, loathing and sundry other things that would make Freud spin in his grave,
I herewith say that we are rather freakish (I'll explain that word in a moment..don't be offended please!) and not really the norm...be it that fateful moment of conception, a stray beta ray from Jupiter, that trimester's wash of the wrong hormones or maternal imprinting. Something made us what we are.
In my couple of years in college level psychology, we learned things that all boiled down to one simple concept:
Find the cause; you've found the cure. As for the "freakish" part. I am not normal. A mixed gender person is not normal. Here come da flames!
What then, is NORMAL?
Abilities for some to impregnate and others to be gravid. That's all...that's it. Simple.
If you decide to grow six pair of boobs on your back (makes it fun to dance!), or you want to shave your legs, or you want to wear lingerie and dresses and shoes and long hair and carry a purse..then that's just icing on YOUR personal cake.
All else is a turbid pot of genetic accidents, mutations and psychosis. Anything more is over-emphasized and over diagnosed. Thinking about someone else's trauma is nice, but it won't likely change what floats their boat.
I say enjoy what or whom you are..if you like a few adjustments to meet your mind's eye of what you are supposed to be or should look like or present as, then go for it. Do it wisely, with medical intervention... ...but you are responsible for your own life and appearances. It's more than dying your hair, wearing colored contact lenses or fake boobs or painting your toenails and staying in male.
Now that I have a real pot boiler going here...let me say that I enjoy what and who I am..I also have a deep spiritual side to me that tells me that I will be repaired by a divinity who cares and will make me well.
I would not prefer that I could be more like the Marlboro man or whatever macho image is the societal norm... that would not work well for me right now, but that's my decision.
To those who want to dabble in hormones..hear me well...it's permanent and disfiguring..even though in my case..it's a blast!
When we make this sortta decision, IMHO,we should be well past the urge to reproduce.
