13-12-2010, 02:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-12-2010, 02:21 PM by Chrissiegirl.)
I am on a waiting list to see a psychiarist. I am deeply resentfull of the fact, but have to play the game, in order to get SRS. The fact that his waiting list is 12 to 18 months, demonstrates that even the medics cannot think transexualism is a mental health issue. The problem is that it is linked to huge mental health problems, in some sufferers. While I would never claim to have suffered mental health problems, I can see how close I was to the edge. If I was not so well educated and had not had high status jobs, I could well have succumbed.
Having been on PM for nearly a year, I have a very different perspective on life and realise that I had lived my life in a state of moderate depression. I honestly can say that, I never knew a humanbeing could acheive such a feeling of contentement and wellbeing as I now experience.
I Know, from my local support group, of the angst that stalks so many T-girls, torn and shredded, between love, loyalty and a sense of duty to family and the desparate need to be true to themselves.
Karensa is in just such a trap and she worries me. It is no wonder that she has mental health issues; the problem is that many "professionals" like to disparage the idea of transexuality, if not in public, then to themselves.Most of us know we are not ill, simply that we are the subject of a birth deffect, where our brain and body developed along different paths, in the womb. That said, I can see the need to try and screen out those not suited to SRS, as it is well documented that there are those who regret the op and what hell must that be?
I truly feel blessed that I am able to transition without angst and even then coming out was a pretty nerve wracking thing to do
Having been on PM for nearly a year, I have a very different perspective on life and realise that I had lived my life in a state of moderate depression. I honestly can say that, I never knew a humanbeing could acheive such a feeling of contentement and wellbeing as I now experience.
I Know, from my local support group, of the angst that stalks so many T-girls, torn and shredded, between love, loyalty and a sense of duty to family and the desparate need to be true to themselves.
Karensa is in just such a trap and she worries me. It is no wonder that she has mental health issues; the problem is that many "professionals" like to disparage the idea of transexuality, if not in public, then to themselves.Most of us know we are not ill, simply that we are the subject of a birth deffect, where our brain and body developed along different paths, in the womb. That said, I can see the need to try and screen out those not suited to SRS, as it is well documented that there are those who regret the op and what hell must that be?
I truly feel blessed that I am able to transition without angst and even then coming out was a pretty nerve wracking thing to do