12-01-2015, 08:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-01-2015, 08:03 AM by ElainMoria.)
I can only speak for myself, so this is no reflection on anyone here BUT for myself. All my life I have suffered (and I don't use that word lightly) as male. My internal view is VERY female. I can't remember a day of my life, and I can remember nearly every day of my life back to about 3ish, that I didn't FEEL female. When I was 5 years old I was horrified to find out that my genitals were not going to turn into girl parts like I kept hoping they would. The ONE time I asked my mom why I had boy parts when I was a girl... I got beat so badly I was bed ridden for several days and was bruised from my neck to the backs of my knees. I learned right then to never mention that thought again.
Most of my 50 years of life I struggled to 'be male'. I watched and copied other mens behavior and over time became very adept at hiding who I was inside. I wasn't able to hide from my own self loathing of my male anatomy though. The ONLY times I had any semblance of relief from that was when I presented as female but even then I was horribly aware that my anatomy didn't match my internal reality, so it was only a temporary relief for my GD.
Some people who are Gender Dysphoric, are only mildly so, and growing breasts, or wearing female attire (presenting as female) are fine at those levels, some need greater levels of feminization to be comfortable within themselves. That is a range from simple cross dressing, all the way up to and including full transition from male to female through surgical intervention. At no point in any level of this, is anybody any less than anyone else, we simply have different levels of need and comfort.
My sisters who only want to grow breasts (etc) and my sisters who want to go all the way to full GRS are equally beautiful to me and the topics that interest them, and validate them are as equally important as the topics that interest and validate me. I am fond of saying....
Be beautiful, because you are the only one who can be so beautifully you. ~Elain
Most of my 50 years of life I struggled to 'be male'. I watched and copied other mens behavior and over time became very adept at hiding who I was inside. I wasn't able to hide from my own self loathing of my male anatomy though. The ONLY times I had any semblance of relief from that was when I presented as female but even then I was horribly aware that my anatomy didn't match my internal reality, so it was only a temporary relief for my GD.
Some people who are Gender Dysphoric, are only mildly so, and growing breasts, or wearing female attire (presenting as female) are fine at those levels, some need greater levels of feminization to be comfortable within themselves. That is a range from simple cross dressing, all the way up to and including full transition from male to female through surgical intervention. At no point in any level of this, is anybody any less than anyone else, we simply have different levels of need and comfort.
My sisters who only want to grow breasts (etc) and my sisters who want to go all the way to full GRS are equally beautiful to me and the topics that interest them, and validate them are as equally important as the topics that interest and validate me. I am fond of saying....
Be beautiful, because you are the only one who can be so beautifully you. ~Elain