High everyone,
Despite the stereotypes and generalizations, I rarely hear people say that they disagree with the results. What I hear most often is that the results are pretty right on, with how the person sees themsleves. I first took the test two years ago and scored a 270, a year later 275, yesterday 310. I attribute the change in score to a change in my attitude. This first two times I took it, I beleived that because of high blood pressure I could never take hormones or transistion.
One heart attack later and a lot of discusssion with my cardiologist and an article by a cardiologist that is 18 years post op, made me realize that I am not locked out. That changed my answers to several questions, hence the higher score.
As unscientific as it may be, it seems most of us agree with the final assessment. I think the question about how we see ourselves may be the only question that is valid. I still hold that the mental health community does not tell us we are transsexual, we tell them. Bottom line, if you beleive you are a transsexual, you are. If you beleive you might be one, than you might be on, if you beleive you are not one, you are not one. All anyone knows is what we tell them. There is a reason stereotypes become stereotypes.
Love always,
Elizabeth
