So I came out to my mom last night. Posted the gist of it in the coming out forum. She seemed to be in denial about it a lot and kept trying to bring up things about me that are man-like, and one of the things she kept saying was that maybe I just have a testosterone deficiency, and that if I took more testosterone then maybe I would identify as a man and feel comfortable with my body. And while I'm not sure if I'll ever really think of myself as a man, I guess it would be okay if it somehow DID work out that I end up identifying as the body I have. I dunno if that's even a thing that can happen, like can testosterone make a trans girl identify more as a man than a woman? Or is that just hopeful thinking of a mom faced with some difficult revelations?
Well here is what the NHS has to say about testosterone deficiency: You will note the distinct lack of anything that remotely resembles 'identifying mentally as female'. ---------- Post added 26th Apr 2014 at 06:33 PM ---------- If you were cokming here and saying I notice I have man boobs, therefore I must be a woman, I would say your mum might be on to something, but you didn't.
Hormones simply do not work that way. I would set up an appointment to speak with a specialist and relay their findings back to your mother, so she will have less to be skeptical of. A professional would also be able to quickly discount this testosterone idea she is encouraging.
Yeah my parents did the same thing only with estrogen. They were all well maybe if we get you to go on more estrogen you won't think this way and you'll be more of a girl. I was actually terrified of that idea, luckily nothing happened with that. ._. Hormones just don't work that way, in fact it'll probably make the dysphoria worse. At least that's how I saw it.
If anything, more hormones could cause you to feel worse, speaking from personal experience. I second the specialist idea.
No, it doesn't work that way. While it is likely hormones have an influence on gender identity, it is prenatal hormones affecting the brain - in other words, it is far too late. Taking testosterone will only make it harder to transition once you've established it isn't helping. They actually tried to do this to me, with estrogen. Luckily, I refused.
