I'm not transgender or anything, I'm just curious about how people "feel" they are transgender. I'm not trying to be transphobic lol, but I just don't understand how people feel they are transgender. Again, not trying to insult anyone, just confused I guess.
What if tomorrow, you woke up in the body of a girl? You are still you, a guy inside, but everyone insists you are a girl and force you to wear girl clothes and act like a girl. You now have boobs, have your dick replaced with periods, and your body shape is significantly altered. If you try to tell people that you're actually a guy, it is dismissed or worse. You now become smothered in this new reality. How would this feel, knowing you have to live the rest of your life like that? I do not intend to be mean or condescending with this example, but the above is similar to what trans-people go through. Our brain and mind is one gender and the body is another. It is very distressing. For me, I am a guy just like you. I know this as well as I know that I'm right handed. Yet every day I am forced to play a part contrary to my character. I have to endure physical things which are horrifying to most guys and it really, honestly sucks. It feels like I am trying to run away from something, but that something is part of me; it is my own skin. Aside from gender roles, it can be hard to exp!ain what it means to "feel like a guy" or "feel like a girl." I can say I like sports and played with GI Joe as a kid, but what does that mean? I think the biggest indicator is someone's relationship to their body. Transgender individuals feel gender dysphoria, which is a discomfort or disconnect with their assigned sexual characteristics. It is this, and also a feeling of missing something that one should rightly have (e.g. the sex characteristics of their inherent gender). A plain example is for a trans-guy to first off, hate his boobs, and second off, want his dick back. Just like any boy would not appreciate losing certain tokens of masculinity, I am the same. And I and every other transgender individual will do everything we can to get our bodies put proper, so we can get a chance to live an authentic and normal life. In the end, that's what it's about.
Every time someone calls you ma'm when you believe you are a man it is a stab in the heart. Or vice versa. Plus the above body stuff.
