I can remember as early as 8 or nine years old pretending, imagining, and wishing I could be a girl, but I wasn't able to put things together until recently. Whenever I look in the mirror I see myself and think I don't feel right and feel like I shouldn't be in my body that I should be a girl. Whenever I get the chance to I like to wear my mom and sisters clothes when they are not home and it feels so right. For me being a boy just feels wrong. I feel to feminine for my body. Sometimes I like to admire other girls, and feel somewhat jealous of their body's. There is much more I can't describe in detail. Sorry for this be unorganized, I'm in rush right now. Any advice would be much appreciated, thank you.
I'd say it's very possible that you are. But unfortunately, only you know what you identify as. For me, I always knew something was wrong with my body. I knew I should've been a boy. I wished several times to wake up one morning and be in a male's body...but of course I'm still trapped in a female's. There really is no rush to sticking to a label though. You are 14, so you have plenty of time to do some further investigation. But I say if you believe that you are a girl trapped in a male's body, then yes you are most likely trans*.
I am right there with you Unknown5. I have been feeling the same way my whole life. I can remember back age 5 or 6 crying because my mom couldn't fix me and make me a girl. My mom was expecting a girl, even gave me a girl's name. In the last few months I have been letting her out more, and I am currently seeking reassignment counseling. I like being Ashley and I think I can't wait til I'm her full time. Feel free to PM me if you would like to talk.
Nothing stings like regret. The effects of an anti-androgen are completely reversible and will give you time to decide for yourself if full hrt and transition are right for you.
You sound like me at a young age as well. My advice would be to tell your parents how you feel and about your past. Let them know that you feel as if you should really be in a girls body. Show them material about what being transgendered is and ask to be taken to a gender therapist. With a therapists help you can sort out how you feel and get on the right track of getting in the right body. You are at a young enough age where you can cut off a ton of issues us late-time Trans* people go through. Do not let anyone tell you to wait until you are 18 to decide what you really want. It is a common mistake parents make with us Trans* as kids and it causes some major damage to us. Going through the wrong puberty is both mentally scarring and horribly expensive to fix. Don't panic and immediately rush to tell them though. Carefully plan out how to approach your parents about this. The key thing to tell them is that you are not a boy, never have been a boy, and have no desire to live your life as a boy. You were born with a physical deformity that can be easily corrected. If you want to talk about it more I'll be happy to help. ^_^
You sound it to me! Everything sounds the same except my parents had to explain to me that I was a boy at 5 or 6 yo. Up till then I was a girl as far as I knew. June
I don't like to tell people what their gender identities are based on a mere paragraph, but the things you are describing, if true, certainly seem to be congruent with the typical experiences of a transgender person.
Can you tell us about your parents? Do you think you could tell them how you feel? The best thing would be for you to talk to a gender specialist. That will help you to work out what you want. I definitely agree that if you are feeling dysphoric at all about your body already, it would really be best for you to start taking the hormone blockers right away. This would only delay the male puberty. Then you will have more time to decide what you want. It is much more difficult to reverse the effects of puberty than to prevent them, so, if it's possible to safely come out to your parents now it would definitely be worth doing.
