Kia Ora All!
::)Well I thought I had better introduce my 'self'...I live down under or if you like on top...In a far off [and far out] land called Aotearoa, [for those who don't understand the Maori language=New Zealand]
::)I can't say I knew from the word go that I was meant to be female, I just didn't feel totally comfortable as a male... However at 19, I had my first real inclining of my true self whilst visiting Singapore[I spent my time there with the local transgender community] but guilt and fear kept it at bay...
::)In my early twenties the usual suicide attempt and again in my late thirties, both times I was hospitalised and had my stomach pumped...I did a couple of stints in psyche wards[this was also in my twenties] and was eventually prescribed Valium[the gender neutraliser] and told I would be on it for the rest of my 'male' life...It took another twenty odd years, before I broke free of my cocoon and completed my metamorphosis-in more ways than one... 8)
::)I'm 'post' everything, that is free from 'all' the mundane hang ups that tend to plague people, especially trans-people...I was born with the same condition that most of you here suffer or suffered from... However I commenced my cure/medicine back in 1997/7, in 2000/1 I was more or less cured and living full time... In 2005 I had some corrective surgery[icing on the cake, thanks to government funding] to remove the foreign body that had continually reminded me of the congenital condition I was born with...
BTW, the greeting "Kia Ora" is Maori for Hi, goodbye, thanks,
"Metta" is a Pali word, it was the language spoken at the time of the Buddha- which roughly translated means "Loving Kindness" [I'm also a student/practitioner of Gautama Siddhartha's teachings] 8)
And Zenda is just my forum name and no doubt others here may know of me from another forum,...If so " Kia Ora !" ;)
"Our problem is that inside us there's a mind going, "Impossible, impossible, impossible. I can't, I can't, I can't." We have to banish that mind from this solar system. Anything is possible; everything is possible. Sometimes you feel that your dreams are impossible, but they're not. Human beings have great potential; they can do anything. The power of the mind is incredible, limitless!"
Lama Yeshe
Metta Zenda :)
G'day from the West Island. Sorry to hear you had a bumpy road to get to where you are now, but it sounds like things are going good finally.
There are a few girls from NZ on here, so you won't be alone.
Karen.
Hi and welcome! It's nice to meet you. Always looking for new friends here, hugs, Tracey
Hi Zenda, :icon_wave:
Welcome to our little family. Over 6400 strong. That would be one heck of a family reunion.
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Hugs and Love,
Janet
Kia Ora,
::) And Thanks for the welcome...
We all suffer, however my path has in a way been quite smooth compared to many...I'm fortunate to have assimilated/blended into society as female, plus I still have the unconditional love of my children and family, I work and live in a beautiful laid back island environment...I'm what you would call semi stealth..that is people who I've told about my past don't care, and those who don't know don't care...I've found true contentment and just "go with life's flow"...
Thanks again..
Happy Mindfulness :icon_cool: :icon_biggrin:
Metta Zenda :)
Hi Zenda
welcome to the forum honey.
Nice to meet a new sister from the other side of the world (for me the other side)
I hope you will have a great time here and I'm looking forward to your future posts
hugs
Annette