[julieTG]

Transitioning when young,
Now at the risk of getting shot down in flames here,
I was thinking yesterday reading on susans org and other places about our younger generations ie
Age 18-25 years ish and them having these trans feelings and doing what most of us are doing on here , ie
GROWING BREASTS,
I could not help thinking shit girl just do it and go the full way or at least go to transition doses and see how you feel, after all it’s a wasted life if their that young and transition full is the way forward,
They may as well make the most of their youth and looks , after all the feelings very rarely go away, ?
Now when we are older all we doing is trying to suppress the pressure pott that many of us did not even know was there, I didn’t not a clue.
When we are older we can cope, but not always , but I am just saying IF I had these feelings at 22 years I would indeed be possibly transitioning or at least exploring at that age more heavily.
I think its far worse for an older person for it to come out of the blue, knock on the shoulder when all the infrastructure , family bonds, etc are in place , at our age you don’t consider being transgender a gift, but when your young I would say use it and go for it, IF the feelings are strong and not just a mild interest,
I look forward to everyones views and go duck behind a stone for the wildfire
Julie



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[CalmlyAndrogynous]

With 20:20 hindsight, I wish I had transitioned when I was young, about 15 or 16 before I had my final growth spurt. That final growth spurt really masculinised my body. I can't shrink myself now as much as I want to.

The boy back then though while he knew he was not like other boys was still trying to fit in. He would not have been ready to make that decision.

It is sad that by the time you are old enough to know what you really want, the best opportunities have passed you by.

[Skye is on fire]

Well, I can only speak for myself, I started in my mid 20s and some would think that was too old. However I was blesed not to have the full masculine type body even though I tried to make it that way. Now in my mid 40s, I'm restarting and nothing has changed in my resolve to finish this journey, even at this age. When I started, most MTF were double my age when they started (my age now). Omg! I'm going through 3 puberties! So, I believe it's all in the person and doesn't matter the age. People have to live their lives even if it means making painful sacrifices. It may not be fair, but life still goes on no matter what. Yes, it may be true, younger may yield better results for the most part, but I am seeing results in 11 days since restarting hrt, which is on par with the very same experiences when I was in my 20s. Hope that made sense.

[julieTG]

You will do very well as perhaps you programmed your body early in those first attempts

You look blessed to me , you will make an attractive woman

Julie

[Skye is on fire]

You will do very well as perhaps you programmed your body early in those first attempts

You look blessed to me , you will make an attractive woman

Julie

Awww, thank you :-)

[Billie]

Medically Gender Disphoria could be a disabling disorder. If the cure is not supplied soon enough it cant fully be cured. Some consequences of coming out late in life are expensive medical procedures, divorce, loss of job and income and if not treated psychological problems including suicide.

[spoked451]

Knowing what I know now, yes I would have done it as soon as I could have. Granted doing so 30 years ago was a lot different than it is today...

[WantAPair]

With 20:20 hindsight, I wish I had transitioned when I was young, about 15 or 16 before I had my final growth spurt. That final growth spurt really masculinised my body. I can't shrink myself now as much as I want to.

The boy back then though while he knew he was not like other boys was still trying to fit in. He would not have been ready to make that decision.

It is sad that by the time you are old enough to know what you really want, the best opportunities have passed you by.

But, if you HAD started as a teen, you would've possibly killed the T from making you masculine and you would've probably had a quicker and easier transition AND you would've probably had a great set of tits!! At least they would've been more receptive to growing bigger, maybe faster, at that time. Look at Tim/Kim Petras. Okay, she might not have great tits, but, she looks WAY more like a girl than the boy she used to be!

[jannet.duff]

I cannot go back and change my life, any thinking about it is just a waste of time. However, knowing how I felt in my early years and with the knowledge that we have access to now, I am 100% sure that if I was much younger and unattached I would follow my dreams.

[Shae]

I think it's getting easier for each new generation. Sometimes i'm jealous at the (relative) ease of transitioning for young people today compared to 20 or 30 years ago.

As a teenager i never heard of such a thing as transexual or transgender. Even when i did start dabbling in things supposedly reserved for the opposite sex, i had no idea that there was such a thing as transgender. I was simply doing those things as an exercise in asserting freedom of choice.

Eventually, with the advent of the web, i learned about it, but by that time i had been living my choices for many years. When people started to learn about transgenderism, they started to consider me transgendered. This created a problem that i have only recently resolved by deciding to actually play the role of being transgendered, although i do not consider myself that. I realize this must sound odd...

In the end i decided that if most people considered me a woman, rather than a man who was asserting equality and freedom of choice, then it would be easier for me to play along with their expectations. Doing so does not change who i am, it merely makes my life a bit smoother and more clearly defined for others.

I don't feel that i have to pass, although (to my amazement) it seems that i mostly do. It's more just an attitude that, ok, if they consider me a woman, then i guess i'll go along with it - can't do any harm