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Started by shawnael, April 21, 2007, 05:16:20 PM

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shawnael

Hi. I was referred here by Tay. I read a thread about androgyny that she'd posted on another site and realised that I have been repressing myself for a very long time. So I messaged her to thank her for the information, and now I'm here.


I kind of don't know what's going on. I'm still in a daze. I do hope that people here might help me to understand and accept myself for who I am.

Um... Thanks in advance.
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HelenW

Welcome, Shawnael!

I hope your visits here help you as much as my visits helped me.  I'm happy you decided to join up!  Please give the terms of service a good read https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,2.0.html and visit our WIKI, Links and Chat pages too.

again, WELCOME ! ! :)

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cindianna_jones

Welcome!  Hey don't be shy. Just jump in and participate!  Everyone here is very nice. We're all trying to figure out what's jumpin round in our minds!

Cindi
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Kendall

Welcome to susan's,
I look forward to any androgyne or any other posts in the future.

Ken/Kendra

KK
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shawnael

Thank you, all... I'm not sure how to explain myself here. I do have questions, mostly about myself, but I'm not sure how to ask them. I know that I've felt like something more than "just a girl" for as long as I can remember. But I almost feel that admitting myself to these feelings is going to get me the same feedback as when I tell people that I have ADD. They all say "Well, everyone has ADD a little bit." But they'll never understand that what I feel and how I think is so completely different. ADD isn't just "not being able to pay attention." If I'm not on my meds, I feel like someone else is controlling my body, making it do and say things that I don't want to say or do. I just feel like if I tell anyone what's inside my head, they'll just play it off as "Oh, well, everyone has masculine and feminine qualities." But it's not like that for me. I don't want to act like a boy. I want to be a boy. But I also want to be a girl. I finally understand that I'm somewhere between male and female, or male then female and vice versa, or both at the same time. I just don't want my feelings to be written off as "You've got a vagina and boobs. You're a girl, wear some jeans and get over it."

I don't know how to understand, or how to make it understood.
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