I know i keep asking these questions over and over again but its because i'm really confused. I have never felt uncomfortable with being a girl or my body but its been a month and i keep thinking that i'm a transsexual. When i say i have never wanted to be a guy i really mean it. However for weeks now I've been having these thoughts. i started feeling like a guy because of the thoughts. The thing that i feel might have triggered this feeling is when I had a sexual fantasy of me being the dominant/male role with a woman sexually. from then on I freaked out & my mind started obsessing about being a guy and getting a sex change :( it really scares me because i can't stop the thoughts no matter how much I try to remember who I am. Whenever i thought of my future self or aspirations i always saw myself as a woman.
Puberty wasn't a horror show and i actually loved getting my hair done and having "girl talks." if i was truly transgender then i would've felt it all through high school right? I didn't. I just want to feel like myself and love my girl body again. Oh and a couple days ago i dressed up really girly & went for a walk and felt like me again. However i did that yesterday & it didn't work and my thoughts won't leave me alone! please help, I'm only 17 and i'm driving myself crazy. i've been crying a lot because i miss myself. Thanks
Update:i'm having a panic attack, idk what's wrong with me :( can i please talk through email with someone?
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I kinda understand how you feel... only in reverse.
As a kid, I always wanted to be a boy. I dressed in boys clothes, and I did things that boys do.
High school came, and I dressed more feminine to fit in and was really unhappy.
I used to think about getting a sex change all the time, and now, I dress in both girls and guys clothes, and I think I've found a happy medium... somedays I still think about cutting all of my hair off and getting a sex change.
Bottom line: Find what you're happy with and pursue it. It may not be easy, but if you feel a certain way, really think about it and face it. Some people don't really get the chance to get to know themselves the way LGBT teens do until it's almost too late, so I consider us lucky, even if it does seem dificult.
You might be transgender - some people live in denial of this for many years while others know something is wrong from a young age. But then again, you might not be transgender and maybe something else is making you feel this way. I would suggest seeing a gender therapist or a therapist that has had transgender patients before, since they are the only ones that can really help you figure out if you're transgender or not.
well you're only 17 so i wouldn't do anything drastic yet. im 19, and couple years ago i use to have thoughts about have sex with girls, but i was only someone else, a man. so i was confuse too... to make a long story short, i dont have those thoughts anymore. and im more girlier then before.
i think you should have sex with a girl with a strap on and intact your thoughts. that way you get to play "a man" role and be aggressive and such without a sex change.... from what i read you dont really feel like a man you just want to sex like one. :-)
Have you ever thought that you might have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
This sounds a lot like you might have it. Read this, it helps:
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Eliminate-Intrusi...
After suffering in silence for years, I finally got the courage to start looking up my symptoms, and about how I felt. It came a huge relief to find out that all my symptoms are OCD, and that I'm not going crazy!
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