Hello
I've been lurking around here for quite awhile now and decided it was finally time to join. I'm 19 and this year I've really been struggling with my gender identity, but these past few months have been the worst.
I was born female but never really felt like one. My body bothers me quite a bit. When I look at myself in the mirror I feel pretty uncomfortable. I have a bit of a curvy shape which doesn't make me feel any better. I don't really dress or act in a way that would be considered feminine. I do have my days every once in a great while where I'll want to dress up and put on makeup, but it still doesnt feel right. On top of all that, I've never been able to relate with other girls no matter how hard I try. And believe me, I've tried. I always just brushed all of this off as nothing, but as I got older I started to realize that something didn't seem right. It wasn't until this year that I started piecing everything together.
I have an appointment with my new therapist next week. I've been stressing out so much about this lately, so hopefuly this will help out a lot. And I'm sure I'll get a lot of help here as well which will be great.
I look forward to meeting you all!
