Do trans people get any pluses for the hell they go through?

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GivePeaceAChance
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18 Jan 2014, 6:23 am

just from the outside, I don't see 6 or 7 as advantages

as AS I have been seen as a freak as we all have and , not so nice

as far as 6 , only a very depressed and dysfunctional person see a sooner exit as an advantage - and I am speaking as a person who has led an extremely hard life who has been depressed quite a bit.


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18 Jan 2014, 9:03 am

GivePeaceAChance wrote:
just from the outside, I don't see 6 or 7 as advantages

as AS I have been seen as a freak as we all have and , not so nice


I get a perverse, intellectual delight in upsetting people's beliefs. :twisted: (Note: There is a topic right now called "Do AS people enjoy upsetting people's religious beliefs?" that discusses this delight). Being identified as a "freak" made my co-workers have to acknowledge that females are born into male bodies. It possibly challenged their beliefs about the world.

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as far as 6 , only a very depressed and dysfunctional person see a sooner exit as an advantage - and I am speaking as a person who has led an extremely hard life who has been depressed quite a bit.


GD is a horrible condition. It can devalue the joy of living so much that death is preferable to a long life.



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19 Jan 2014, 10:32 pm

LoveNotHate wrote:
GD is a horrible condition. It can devalue the joy of living so much that death is preferable to a long life.


I don't experience a full life due to gender dysphoria. I've never felt romantic love before in my life, and I'm in my 30s. I see all my friends and family my age pairing off with their significant others, while I've never dated anyone before. I feel so different from men, and women see me as a man, so I don't really fit in anywhere. The Asperger's Syndrome just makes it worse.

I get triggered by so many things during each day that it's just painful to live now. A lot of ordinary things people do for fun I avoid because they just cause me pain. I avoid movies because they have a romance, or a strong female character.

Since my transition has been a failure and I am running out of options, I am extremely depressed and suicide is often on my mind. I'm either too cowardly or not desperate enough to make any such plans, fortunately or unfortunately. So rather than needing to be a mental hospital, I just live a worthless life where I cry a lot.



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20 Jan 2014, 3:14 am

kittylover wrote:
LoveNotHate wrote:
GD is a horrible condition. It can devalue the joy of living so much that death is preferable to a long life.


I don't experience a full life due to gender dysphoria. I've never felt romantic love before in my life, and I'm in my 30s. I see all my friends and family my age pairing off with their significant others, while I've never dated anyone before. I feel so different from men, and women see me as a man, so I don't really fit in anywhere. The Asperger's Syndrome just makes it worse.

I get triggered by so many things during each day that it's just painful to live now. A lot of ordinary things people do for fun I avoid because they just cause me pain. I avoid movies because they have a romance, or a strong female character.

Since my transition has been a failure and I am running out of options, I am extremely depressed and suicide is often on my mind. I'm either too cowardly or not desperate enough to make any such plans, fortunately or unfortunately. So rather than needing to be a mental hospital, I just live a worthless life where I cry a lot.


KIttylover, I feel rotten, because no matter what I say, I feel like you are in a much worse mental state. :cry:

My opinion is that you have another condition in addition to trans and autism. Perhaps, depression, hormonal disorder, or PTSD, and it is this other condition that is causing these absolutely debilitating thoughts. The brain will make thoughts seem so real that you may think right now that "not passing" is a reason to commit suicide.

I felt these negative thoughts all my life until I got back to my "core personality" and was able to mature. I later realized that these negative thoughts were not real. They manifested from cries from my brain that it was in anguish.

I don't know if I am helping .... I hope you can find an answer