Quote from: Paul/Simone on November 06, 2006, 05:25:58 PM
The problem i have...although i am not so sure it is a problem...more of a way of thinking is that i have a desire to be a female.
I mean that i want to experience and live a full life as a beautiful female. I cannot understand why i wish this........
If i am honest as i must be then i would say that i do look at almost every female that i know and work around and see on a daily basis and feel a desire to be them. It is not just a physical appreciation but a deeper one. I almost feel them as though i could move like them about me and see their needs.....
I want to have the female weight, posture and movement. I also see that i wish to feel the emotions. I want to see men like they do. I wish to see life through their eyes. I wish to have the physical and emotional intimate relationship that a woman has with a man...yet i have no inner thoughts or desire for men!?
It is as though i wish to be reborn as a female. I want to grow from a newborn and experience all ages of a female.........
If i was granted any wish now it would not be for money, or wealth or to be able to fly! but to be able to live a complete unpredictable life of a female.
It is strange but it is a comfortable feeling yet constant. I cannot remove this and sometimes it is overwhelming. I can function properly and have no fear of this controlling me or effecting my relationship. In fact, i feel it has given me a deeper appreciation for my wife and i feel i understand how she feels at times and i can sympathise and almost guess what she needs and wants to be told.
The most bugging thought is knowing that my wish is immposible. Yet why do i have this burning desire?
It is begining to worry me a bit and so here i am, seeking some form of advise or answer.
QuoteDSM-IV Gender Dysphoria
Diagnostic Features
There are two components of Gender Identity Disorder, both of which must be present to make the diagnosis. Thee must be evidence of a strong and persistent gross-gender identification, which is the desire to be, or the insistence that one is of the other sex (Criteria A). This cross-gender identification must not merely be a desire for any perceived cultural advantages of being the other sex. there must also be evidence of persistent discomfort about one's assigned sex or a sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex (Criteria B). The diagnosis is not made if the individual has a concurrent physical intersex condition (e.g., androgen insensitivity syndrome or congenital adrenal hyperplasia) (Criteria C). To make the diagnosis, there must be evidence of clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning (Criteria D).
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Posted on: November 10, 2006, 01:36:25 PM
Hi Paul/Simone,
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The problem i have...although i am not so sure it is a problem...more of a way of thinking is that i have a desire to be a female.
I mean that i want to experience and live a full life as a beautiful female. I cannot understand why i wish this........
If i am honest as i must be then i would say that i do look at almost every female that i know and work around and see on a daily basis and feel a desire to be them. It is not just a physical appreciation but a deeper one. I almost feel them as though i could move like them about me and see their needs.....
I want to have the female weight, posture and movement. I also see that i wish to feel the emotions. I want to see men like they do. I wish to see life through their eyes. I wish to have the physical and emotional intimate relationship that a woman has with a man...yet i have no inner thoughts or desire for men!?
It is as though i wish to be reborn as a female. I want to grow from a newborn and experience all ages of a female.........
If i was granted any wish now it would not be for money, or wealth or to be able to fly! but to be able to live a complete unpredictable life of a female.
It is strange but it is a comfortable feeling yet constant. I cannot remove this and sometimes it is overwhelming. I can function properly and have no fear of this controlling me or effecting my relationship. In fact, i feel it has given me a deeper appreciation for my wife and i feel i understand how she feels at times and i can sympathise and almost guess what she needs and wants to be told.
The most bugging thought is knowing that my wish is immposible. Yet why do i have this burning desire?
It is begining to worry me a bit and so here i am, seeking some form of advise or answer.
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QuoteDSM-IV Gender Dysphoria
Diagnostic Features
There are two components of Gender Identity Disorder, both of which must be present to make the diagnosis. Thee must be evidence of a strong and persistent gross-gender identification, which is the desire to be, or the insistence that one is of the other sex (Criteria A). This cross-gender identification must not merely be a desire for any perceived cultural advantages of being the other sex. there must also be evidence of persistent discomfort about one's assigned sex or a sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex (Criteria B). The diagnosis is not made if the individual has a concurrent physical intersex condition (e.g., androgen insensitivity syndrome or congenital adrenal hyperplasia) (Criteria C). To make the diagnosis, there must be evidence of clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning (Criteria D).
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The desire or wish to be female is a major component to gender dysphoria, which is the clinical name for transsexuality. However, as you can see it is not enough to just have the thoughts. Those thoughts must interfere with your ability to live your life in some meaningful way. We all have fantasies about what we wish would have happened or will happen. Those fantasies are normal right up and until they disrupt our lives.
I strongly suggest you see a gender therapist and find out if your thoughts are mere fantasy, or something more.
Love always,
Elizabeth
