07-09-2015, 10:56 AM
(06-09-2015, 09:15 AM)MonikaT Wrote: I'm willing to at least consider this: If a person has a male body and a female brain, perhaps NBE substances, if strong enough or in a high-enough dose, will, by virtue of lowering T or altering the ratio of T to E, make the brain feel better. I would then argue that the rewiring phenomenon is an indication the individual is likely transsexual. If E or estrogenic substances causes angst, depression, panic, etc., then there is some sort of fetish or other issue at play driving the desire to feminize. In essence, E is what separates the men from the women, both cis and trans.
So, what about those of us who seem psychologically unaffected by E? I don't know. I have always been a sensitive male. My feelings would get hurt easily. I've always been a blend of masculine and feminine traits. To use the various stereotypes found in the gender tests, I'm good at most things associated with females--I can read facial expressions, am kind and caring, can spell and write, and can cook and sew (at least well enough to repair clothes). I also have spatial abilities, am good at math (my college major), can locate the direction a sound comes from, have mechanical skills, and know things like turning a glove inside-out means it will fit on the other hand, like men are supposed to be able to do. In a lot of ways, I really am dead center between male and female. Perhaps that is why NBE doesn't affect my brain--mine isn't distinctly one way or the other.
My deficiencies are a lack of competitiveness, an inability to multi-task very well, I have a poor sense of direction and don't read maps very well, but I can re-fold one. The poor sense of direction may have something to do with being cross-dominant (I confuse left and right unless I'm driving), and if I don't think about it, I can do a lot of things with my left hand despite being right-handed. I'm a walking contradiction.
Hmmm... I thought I was reading a description of myself for a moment there. Aside from the fact that my sense of direction and map reading is really good, everything fits me exactly. (In university I studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering.... mostly a math related discipline)
So far I haven't noticed any mental changes yet, but I don't think I have been at this long enough to really know yet.