30-03-2014, 04:34 PM
A very thoughtful and well written piece, Clara. Everyone should listen to this as there is a lot of wisdom here.
The only point I might amend, is this statement:
"But one's male gender identity, such that it is, is not gone. In time your male identity will reassert itself, and the once strong desire to grow breasts will often be followed by doubts and reassessment, even to the point of stopping the program."
In most cases this is probably accurate, at least to a degree, differing with the individual. We are not, by any means, all the same, and each of us, wrestling with a GID, occupies a space someone on a vast and non-linear spectrum, some only a little left of male, and others virtually totally female in all but physicality. Where exactly one falls in that vast spectrum, along with the specifics of each individuals life (family, finances, emotional status in ways not specifically related to gender etc), will determine how our male side decides to reassert itself, and to what degree, and indeed if at all.
Some will never experience this male resurgence at all, and welcome every step wholeheartedly as nothing but blessed relief.
But, I think it is safe to say that for the majority, whose GID falls somewhere in the middle, everything Clara describes in accurate.
It is important for anyone embarking on this path to do so with eyes wide open to the consequences, known and unknown, and to listen to their bodies and hearts at every stage, and to do so with a mental clarity we do not always, wrapped up in "pink fog", wish to exhibit.
The only point I might amend, is this statement:
"But one's male gender identity, such that it is, is not gone. In time your male identity will reassert itself, and the once strong desire to grow breasts will often be followed by doubts and reassessment, even to the point of stopping the program."
In most cases this is probably accurate, at least to a degree, differing with the individual. We are not, by any means, all the same, and each of us, wrestling with a GID, occupies a space someone on a vast and non-linear spectrum, some only a little left of male, and others virtually totally female in all but physicality. Where exactly one falls in that vast spectrum, along with the specifics of each individuals life (family, finances, emotional status in ways not specifically related to gender etc), will determine how our male side decides to reassert itself, and to what degree, and indeed if at all.
Some will never experience this male resurgence at all, and welcome every step wholeheartedly as nothing but blessed relief.
But, I think it is safe to say that for the majority, whose GID falls somewhere in the middle, everything Clara describes in accurate.
It is important for anyone embarking on this path to do so with eyes wide open to the consequences, known and unknown, and to listen to their bodies and hearts at every stage, and to do so with a mental clarity we do not always, wrapped up in "pink fog", wish to exhibit.