Would you take the normal pill?

[LynnER]

Well... if I had had the option before I got to the point Im at now...  yeah Id have taken it... my life was going pretty decently and I wasnt a bad looking guy LoL...  So long as I could have kept my sensitive side it would have been a hands down, give me the pill... I dont need your stinking water, pull out my flask and down it with what would probably be my last shot of bourbon bassed on misery...

Now... well, its kinda late for all that LoL... there is no turning back, and Im perfectly happy with that...  Id smack my old self for being such a coward taking that vial little thing...  Who needs normal when you can be HOT instead  >:

I said NO!!! Im post transition <according to the rules of the poll>

[shanetastic]

If you had a terrible fight with someone you love, would you take a pill to forget you ever knew them to "cure" that anger? Would you choose to forget your childhood entirely, just to never again deal with the "bad" memories?

~Kate~

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

Aka it isn't worth it   But omgosh love that movie for some reason.  Don't ask me why I just DO!

[shanetastic]

I totally understand what you mean Ashley.

I sorta made this poll to see what the differences would be between those who are now full time and working towards SRS etc etc and those that are sorta just starting to see what pill they would take.  I know that's probably a dumb question, but I was sorta curious because it seems like more people would take that "pill" who are just sorta starting out such as myself.  Sure if it existed, I dunno if I would take it or not, but I just wanted to see others responses from the hypothetical situation.

And I think what Kate was saying is that your personality would change if you were so to take the pill. . . I think!  Because this unfortunate event has formed you in some way and has made you a person in one way or another.  Hypothetically speaking, if that were to be taken away, you would be a different person with different attitudes and beliefs.

Again *I Think*

Hopefully this questions doesn't turn into those dumb what if and what makes a "true" transsexual.  Because if it does that's just sorta dumb.  Either way, thanks for your input Ashley.

[Kate]

i can easily see this thread degenerating into a "if you take the pill you're not a TRUE transsexual, because if you were you would never take the pill, you'd transition anyway!"  which i think is a gross misrepresentation of what GID really is.

GID, to me, is that I AM female. And my body isn't. I'm not sick, it's not a mental "condition" to cure. It's a TRUTH.

"It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses and apologized to no one. I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must NEVER let them take it from us." - Valerie from V for Vendetta

I will never, ever give up who I am for ANYTHING. I don't care what "they" do to me, how badly it hurts, or how difficult it is to bear that Truth. I would sooner die than give that up.

~Kate~

[deviousxen]

I chose "no".

I have a very small sense of ego and self, and to have anything jeopardize that by changing it, is to die inside.
I need the me I have to grow and evolve.

[Camden]

NO...I actually like being me

[Chaunte]

Absolutely not.  Being female is part of who I am.  If you take that away, what other aspects of my personality would also vanish?

I like myself nowadays - something that I really could not say before I started transitioning.

Thank you, no.  Could you pass the wine and dark chocolates instead? 

Chaunte

[tinkerbell]

A rotund "NO" to your question, Shanetastic!

tink

P.S.  I'm normal! 

[Pica Pica]

If i took the pill I wouldn't change. I am a perfectly normal androgyne.

[kirakero]

My answer was of course 'no'~  I wouldn't give up my womanhood for anything.  I am very happy as a girl and know I would never be okay any other way..

[Christo]

no.  I wanna have bottom surgery but that dont mean I aint normal.

[SarahFaceDoom]

No.  I'm awesome the way I am.

[shanetastic]

I have to say. . .

So far the figures are interesting.  I would have guessed that a lot of people who are still in the beginning stages would have voted yes.

I have to say, I voted unsure at first. . . but I think I would vote no right now.  I know I'm weird I don't even know how to answer a poll I even made, but meh.  If I was back when I was just starting all this out I would have with a heartbeat taken the yes choice to the pill, so I guess it's weird how things change.

Thanks for all your replies so far and answers

[siouxsie]

No, I wouldn't.  The thought of taking a pill to achieve someone else's idea of normal is truly sick.  It took me quite a while to realize that I AM normal and to give that up now would be a major step back.

[lady amarant]

Who needs normal when you can be HOT instead?

Absolutely!

[NicholeW.]

There are pills, well one, that relieves the symptoms of OCD. "Anti-anxiety" drug. Kinda like jocks wearing the same socks or something for the entire 82-game schedule! Ewwwww. A washing-machine would work better I should think.

No, no pills for me, Shane. This is me and I'm perfectly normal as is.

Nichole
 

[Chaunte]

Alright.  The scientist in me has to chime in for a second! 

Statistically, the percentage of those who have said "No" in this poll is about the same as those who said "No" in the Should TSism be prevented? poll.

I think this speaks volumes about how comfortable we are as a community in regards to being transexual.

Chaunte

[Kate]

I think this speaks volumes about how comfortable we are as a community in regards to being transexual.

Well I must admit: I'm not comfortable at all being a transsexual. If I was, I wouldn't be spending a fortune to try and eradicate all evidence of it.

I know it'll never be perfect, and and in order to ever be content I'm going to need some sort of rationalization to bandaid over the fact that I'll never grow up as a normal girl now. But the GID doesn't seem to care about philosophy or self-acceptance; it just relentlessly drives me to Be A Normal Female, as impossible as that is.

~Kate~

[StephanieC]

I voted "unsure".

I think there is a desire to see people as "static"...they are A or B.  I think some people change has they get older, "evolving" if you will.  Who is to say that the evolution is not the "normal state".  More importantly, what if the growth is shut off....is that healthy or not?

Unfortunately, I think what happens in some relationships is that one person stays "frozen", with all their dreams and expectations of the future and the other "evolves" with future possibilities and understandings being un-done.  Some might see this also as "growning apart".

I dunno...it's not clear in my own mind.

[Victoria L.]

This is a very good question, and I'm sorry for bumping it up, it's just something I wanted to respond to.

As for me? (being pre transition) I would not take the pill. I have a strange sense of pride for being the girl I am on the inside. I would never want to even think of having the mind of an guy. Ew. lol yeah. It's strange coming from myself, but I actually do like who I am on the inside - especially being a girl. I wouldn't change it for anything.

It would just change a big part of who I am... Too big of one.