What age did you realise you were in the wrong body?
For me, I never really questioned it until puberty, and even then I was just unhappy without knowing why. People seem to think that because I didn't know from an earlier age (I've read about people who knew from being as young as 3) that what I feel isn't true, and that I shouldn't be acting how I am. What do you guys think?

I had no idea until I was 18 (21 now) - I was actually playing a joke on a friend and was convincing him I was born a man, so I was doing some research on transsexuals to pull it off better, and once I started reading about the FTM stuff I was like "holy crap this is what I am" - if it wasn't for that I don't think it would have ever dawned on me.

before then something was just...wrong....had no idea what it was. I would just have thoughts of "I wish I was a boy" sometimes - It never occurred to me that my body was wrong, just that it would have been nice if it were the opposite gender, I had no clue there was something I could do about it.

I hope nobody takes this the wrong way but...being trans is weird, I can't fault anyone for not realising that's what the problem was. It's not something people tend to be exposed to. The only people in that kind of spectrum I had seen were drag queens.

I always knew I was male inside....or at least wasn't the gender people kept telling me to act/that I "was". But it wasn't until puberty that it really hit me like a sack of bricks. That was when I knew I had to do something about it, but I didn't know what or that anything could be done until I was 15. It's normal to question yourself and be unsure at first, and even at milestones in transitioning. Take it easy. Make sure it's what you want.

I didn't realise till I was 17 almost 18. I knew something was wrong but didn't know what, it never even occurred to me that someone could be in the wrong body, the only transsexuals that I had heard of were MTF and to be honest I didn't know that there was a difference between that and being a crossdresser, I was ignorant to trans issues.

The only reason I realised then was because someone on the internet said they were genderqueer and I was like wtf? So they explained it then I thought that must be what I am so researched trans stuff and I found out I was FTM. Scary thing is it could have been ages till I realised if it wasn't for that.

Quote from: Nathan. on June 07, 2010, 10:34:41 AM
I didn't realise till I was 17 almost 18. I knew something was wrong but didn't know what, it never even occurred to me that someone could be in the wrong body, the only transsexuals that I had heard of were MTF and to be honest I didn't know that there was a difference between that and being a crossdresser, I was ignorant to trans issues.

The only reason I realised then was because someone on the internet said they were genderqueer and I was like wtf? So they explained it then I thought that must be what I am so researched trans stuff and I found out I was FTM. Scary thing is it could have been ages till I realised if it wasn't for that.

heh our realisations are oddly similar it's strange isn't it, from not understanding the difference between MTF and crossdressing to realising you're trans. I often wonder how long I would have gotten in life without knowing if it wasn't for my prank research.

I knew from when I was a child I wanted to be a boy all my friends were boys I didn't like girly things, and I now know its not going to go away and its taken me along time to do something about it.

one day in the summer of 06, i found a old sports bra i used to wear when i was 11. I tried it on  and it still fit me, and i was so flat chested, and i loved that feeling. ever since then ive been binding and trying hard to look like a boy

Been loads of signs since as young as 5 years old, but I've actually known I'm an FTM since about 15, I'm 20 now.

Realized I was FTM at 15.

I knew I was a boy when I was 4, which is the age when I have my earliest memories, but it didn't really matter much until I went through puberty. That destroyed me, because the body I was cursed with was so womanly. I resisted as long as I could but grew into a titmonster and then I just became depressed, and tried to repress my misery for years.

i don't remember specifically thinking i was or wanted to be a boy when i was a kid, but i do remember knowing i wasn't a girl and didn't want to be a woman. i managed to ignore that when puberty started (that was hell for many many years lemme yell ya). when i would see documentaries on TV about intersex people i thought "omg, i get that happened to me!" since that was my only exposure to trans related things. then my ex and i watched transgeneration together and i pretty much knew then that that's what i was going to do one day (i was 22). it took me 4 years to be pretty sure, call a therapist, go through some crap, find out the local clinic does informed consent, etc. but now i'm good to go

it's actually been a pretty quick process since deciding "i have to do this, and i'll find a way" since i was only sure about it last summer. almost a year ago in fact - now i'm hoping to be on T by august.  it's exciting!

Knew I wanted to be male? Always.
Knew I was FTM? 17.

Being a boy was just a dream. I didn't realise it was possible to transition.

I knew that I should have been a boy from a very young age but I never had the language to express it until I was about 17. I started really realizing everything when I hit puberty but again didn't have the language for a few more years.

I'm in the "puberty" crowd. I wasn't really that aware of my gender before that, and when my body started changing--in particular my chest--I started realizing something was up. I remember wishing I had been born male past puberty, but I denied that this could mean I was trans.

But I didn't admit it to myself until last year, at 21.

I don't think I ever realized it. It just happened. When I was younger 4-5 I didn't understand gender and all that I was just me. I just wore why my mom put on me but when I got to middle school I started to care and picked the clothes I wanted. 

When I was 10 I shaved my head and somehow I switched to male clothes by the time I was 11 I didn't own any female garmets besides a sports bra. When I shaved my head I was instantly read as male any where I went. 

hmm , interesting how everyone is kinda similar at how/when they realized
anyway , for me , before puberty i didn't bother much , i just acted the way i wanted , but once puberty hit , i wished i was born a girl , and unintentionally sometimes think of myself as a girl but snap myself out of it since had no clue whatsoever about trans-related issues , other than that there are people who where porn intersexed (and i've always wished to have been born that way) and i didn't really get the T part of LGBT (the only transsexual people i seen by then was drag queens in movies)
only since i joined this particular forum (like 2 or 3 months ago) that i have realized/understood everything

i was in a point where i was too depressed and frustrated by what i feel , and wondering what was it , so i posted a question at yahoo answers and someone threw me a link to here , and that's when i first realized

I don't think I've ever had a realization. I don't even think I was really born in the wrong body. I feel as if I was born with less desirable traits that I can change. I had always been masculine but never associated that with being male. I did most everything as if I were a boy when I was young. Growing up...I remember my first period. Got it right after coming home from a comic book shop. I really didn't know where I was bleeding from and freaked out. I was thinking it was in my urine or from my behind...

I've been shopping nearly exclusively from the boy's/men's section since I was maybe 10 (probably younger). I started experimenting actively with my gender presentation as a drag king when I was 17/18. Started questioning my gender identity at that age too. IDed as gender queer for a bit then as a guy. I still feel as if I'm somewhere between gender queer and a guy but I don't know where.

I originally came out as a lesbian even though at the age I was not attracted to anybody. I assumed that since I wasn't attracted to men I must be attracted to women and since I'm not attracted to men. I also thought that since I was masculine and didn't really have much knowledge about trans men existing.

When my dad suggested it to me.

(Off topic, I apologise-- Would anyone know why my profile option has disappeared from the main menu?)

I was around 3. My Mom agreed with that too.

I've always known I was a boy. I thought I was a boy until I learned that boys peed standing up and I couldn't do that (I was like 6). As far as learning that I was trans, I did that on my own when I was around 12-13 and realized something was different. Kids were teasing me saying "chick with a ****, you need a **** check, or do your balls itch (lol). Anyways, I began questioning my sexuality first and initially thought that I was bi, but I did not want to tell anyone until I was exactly sure what I was. Then I thought I was a stud, then I stumbled upon videos of some FtMs on youtube.com who totally changed my life...and here I am