^ I totally agree...Therapists can help ALOT. Mine happens to be a post op TS, so she has much more life experiences than most natal or male therapists that have delt with other transgendered clients. How i figured i was TS was not only my mindset, but that it wasnt the sexual aspects, nor the crossdressing that was the predominant factor, but how i felt as a person. I feel that if you can take the sexual and cross dressing out of the equation, and you still have the feelings, emotions and desires as a natural female would, then you are quite possibly a good candidate to be a true TS. Also in my early sexual past i was never able to perform as a male without thinking of myself as a female with another natural woman when i was "male". I was always performing as a bi female, even though the woman didnt know, nor did i tell her what i was feeling. I was in denial mostly because of my upbringing being by two hetro parents, so i felt that i didnt really have a choice, and with societies "norms"..it for me was hard until my later years to break away from these conservative standards. I only wish time would have been quicker on my side, as i have lost many good years of youth as a transitioned female, but i am not hardened by it, just saddened.
