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Title: Greetings from Ohio
Post by: Delaney on August 29, 2015, 06:06:54 AM
Post by: Delaney on August 29, 2015, 06:06:54 AM
I'm 30 years old and am currently attending college with intent to become a physicist (No, really!). For as long as I can recall, my internal model of myself has always been primarily within the female realm. Unfortunately, nature saw fit to give me a Y chromosome, and so... Well, I'm certain the forum members here don't need a lengthy explanation about how I feel about my gender.
I have been acknowledging my dysphoria for about a decade, but it has always been something that I have consistently internalized and kept secret. Maybe it was the way my eyes have lit up every time I've met another transgendered person. Maybe it was turning the big three-oh. Maybe it was listening to Neil DeGrasse Tyson talk about his colleague who is transitioning. Maybe it was Caitlyn. I can't quite place what happened in my head that finally made me admit, "You know there's only one way you're going to be happy. Just one way you'll ever truly be able to love yourself." I can say, however, that I've been feeling much better since admitting it, not only to myself, but also to my sister and to my friends.
I am a woman, and my name is Delaney.
I have been acknowledging my dysphoria for about a decade, but it has always been something that I have consistently internalized and kept secret. Maybe it was the way my eyes have lit up every time I've met another transgendered person. Maybe it was turning the big three-oh. Maybe it was listening to Neil DeGrasse Tyson talk about his colleague who is transitioning. Maybe it was Caitlyn. I can't quite place what happened in my head that finally made me admit, "You know there's only one way you're going to be happy. Just one way you'll ever truly be able to love yourself." I can say, however, that I've been feeling much better since admitting it, not only to myself, but also to my sister and to my friends.
I am a woman, and my name is Delaney.
Title: Re: Greetings from Ohio
Post by: Mariah on August 29, 2015, 07:29:13 AM
Post by: Mariah on August 29, 2015, 07:29:13 AM
Hi Delaney, welcome to Susan's. Admitting it sometimes can be one of the most difficult things, but also one of the biggest reliefs once we admit we are trans. Your among friends. I look forward to seeing you around the forums. Good luck and Hugs
Mariah
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Title: Re: Greetings from Ohio
Post by: V M on August 29, 2015, 07:50:03 AM
Post by: V M on August 29, 2015, 07:50:03 AM
Hi Delaney :icon_wave:
Welcome to Susan's :) Glad to have you here, join on in the fun
Hugs
V M
Welcome to Susan's :) Glad to have you here, join on in the fun
Hugs
V M
Title: Re: Greetings from Ohio
Post by: katrinaw on August 30, 2015, 05:42:38 AM
Post by: katrinaw on August 30, 2015, 05:42:38 AM
Warm welcome to Susan's Delaney
Congrats to you on your finding yourself and coming out to some besties and your sis'
I wouldn't over analyse what triggered you, probably yourself and your internal mechanism's... I was like you for best part of 38 years... but was a struggle, I must admit!
Welcome and look forward to seeing you about the forum's
L Katy :-*
Congrats to you on your finding yourself and coming out to some besties and your sis'
I wouldn't over analyse what triggered you, probably yourself and your internal mechanism's... I was like you for best part of 38 years... but was a struggle, I must admit!
Welcome and look forward to seeing you about the forum's
L Katy :-*
Title: Re: Greetings from Ohio
Post by: Delaney on August 31, 2015, 01:38:32 AM
Post by: Delaney on August 31, 2015, 01:38:32 AM
Thank you all for all of your warm welcomes! I look forward to being a part of this vibrant community. :)