Hey this is my first time on this board and I'm not entirely sure how things go around here but I need help and I'm too anxious to be able to talk to anyone face to face so here I am asking you people, I was born a man but identify as a female, I've considered doing the whole hormone and surgery thing but one things just bugs me, even if I do all that I won't work like a real woman does my body won't be able to have babies, won't be able to orgasm as a female and won't be able to bleed like a female, I apologise if the wording is a bit weird but knowing that I won't be able to do these things just make me depressed because even if I do the whole hormone surgery thing I'll know deep down that I'm not a real female... I've been really depressed lately please just talk to me say anything at all
>>5835299
Take hormones, live full time as a girl, see how you like it. For 90% of transgirls, surgery becomes something unimportant when compared to actually being seen as a girl.
>>5835299
That would be how I tricked myself out of transition in my early twenties. Almost word for word, although when it still hurt I invented all kinds of other explanations for why I was too miserable to lead a productive life than being trans.
No one has ever been both a cis woman and a trans woman, so we're a bit short on comparison, but after a while on hormones your arousal, build-up, and orgasm generally change quite a bit in character. Being multiply orgasmic becomes the norm, although don't expect your penis to have the vigor to keep up without Viagra.
And not being able to get pregnant sucks, but the rest of motherhood is still open to you.
You can never be a cis woman. Being a trans woman, and transitioning, can let you get a lot closer than not transitioning. It's up to everyone to decide, but as long as you have a support network, I think not transitioning hurts more.
>>5835299
Legitimately curious here, no offence whatsoever, but I really wonder why the fuck would anyone want to be a woman. Seriously, what's so appealing about being seen as one?
>>5835523
The fact that she probably has an intersexed brain and is viscerally and instinctively repelled by being seen or treated as a man, including by herself.
>>5835636
Can you link studies about this "swapped" brain condition? I've seen many people quote it to explain transsexualism but never noticed a source. It would be an interesting read. And before you say, "google it yourself", I could but since you're mentioning it one would think you've read your share of documents and know what you're talking about.
>>5835698
http://transcience-project.org/brain_sex.html
Here's a great big collection. Not quite up to date complete, but should give you a starting point.
>>5835736
I'll give it a read, thanks.
