Can GID contribute to decreased productivity in an individual?

My own personal experience is a very big yes, Alway found myself side-track with other thoughts / feelings and what if's when i should actually be working.

I'd say so.

You spend so much time fighting depression or fighting the feelings of being trans that it leaves very little time for anything else.

I know in my case I was very much that way for quite a while.  After that though, my productivity has been increasing.

-Sandy

I would say a resounding yes.  Especially pre-transition.  The conflict of still being in THAT body is a terrible toll on ones energy reserves.

Accepting ones self is a good thing.  But there is still the daily facing the person you are not.  And if one is not doing anything to change that, will cause one to be thinking about what ifs.  And that leads to not focusing not accomplishing the other tasks that need attention.

In my case, until I went full time I did not care about work or anything else.  Now I can be more focused on getting on with my life.

Janet

It depends on what you mean by "productivity".

To me productivity has do with consuming which is not a good thing. Second working smarter is better than working harder. Third life is not about being productive it is about being human. Only machines are productive.

I'd say definitely yes. The confusion and depression and not knowing what I am exactly takes a heavy toll on my daily life. There are days when it doesn't effect me a lot and that's when I get things done. But if I get consumed by it, and the thought process of figuring myself out or when depression strikes, I can't get anything done.

Also, when I do get a chance to breathe, I usually can't do much cause I am already exhausted over the previous round of personal trouble, and so I must rest.

Absolutely! My job performance dropped and I almost lost my marriage.

Now that I'm out and moving toward full time I feel much more ambitious.

Yes, for me GID manifests as depression, and although I am productive, I think I'd be able to get more things done if this wasn't an ever present issue. 

Z

i would have to say yes too. from my own experiance watching my spouse with her GID she isnt as productive before she started talking about it with me and others.

I've always been a workaholic both before and after transition.  Physical health has been the thing that's slowed me down.

QuoteI've always been a workaholic

Life and health depend on the heart not how productive you are.

Tragically Safeway and the bank do not take 'heart.'  So the goal is to balance, but people who overwork tend to live longer.

Quotebut people who overwork tend to live longer

Statistics tell a different story. Perhaps you mean those who have a passion.

Quote from: Vanna on November 29, 2008, 08:21:51 AM
My own personal experience is a very big yes,

In a word, "DITTO"!

I never grew up. It very much affected, and frankly did a good job of wrecking "My life"; not that I have any complaints with what has turned out, but normal it is not. ... ^*shrug*.

Not as much passion as purpose or meaning or reason.  But also in the sense that active people tend to live longer than inactive people.

QuoteNot as much passion as purpose or meaning

Passion is a reason and purpose and meaning of one's life. As far as active since when is being active have to be productive? A person can walk around the world and never produce a thing except happiness.

The world is full of people with passion, but no reason or purpose.  I'm not even sure that passion is all that good.  Desire is better.  Passion burns very hot, but very fast, where desire almost never goes out.  And that person wandering aimlessly throughout the world spreading nothing but happiness (Charlie Chaplin?  Tracy Lords?) is depending on the production of just about everyone else to do that.

And not all action leads to production, but all production requires action.  Even the Deli Lama has to travel and give speeches. 

Quote from: lisagurl on November 29, 2008, 06:54:46 PM

QuoteI've always been a workaholic

Life and health depend on the heart not how productive you are.

I didn't mean to imply that being a workaholic was a good thing.  I have a tremendous capacity for denial and being constantly working allowed me to ignore the personal problems (gender identity, depression) in my life.  When finally faced with them they had grown far worse than they'd have been had I dealt with them sooner.

I officially came out in July of this year, and I started a period of extreme obsession over all things trans. I started teaching again in the fall and had terrible problems with concentrating and getting work done. In fact, it's nearly December, and the trans issues are STILL interfering with my ability to work. I'm hoping that next term will be better because I'll be coming back from a month-long break and especially since I hope to start T a few weeks into the term.

But, yes, GID has caused all sorts of havoc with my ability to be productive. I'm better than I was a couple of months ago, but I have a long way to go. It drives me frackin' nuts.

Quote from: Arch on November 30, 2008, 02:51:11 PM
It drives me frackin' nuts.

I have to agree with Arch...I really feel like I want to break something at the moment.. I've got so far behind with my work, that I've 1 day to do 2 days work so I can't....

...The frustration and the inability to concentrate like I normally do, has really got to me over the last week..I know I can do it, but I keep getting an overwhelming sense of hopelessness..

....If I'm not on line Tuesday or Wednesday...you know what happened...

...I may be putting in an appearance at PC World for a new monitor...

Chrissty