Are you transgender? How do you know if you are transgender?
Let's talk about that now.
[Autumn Asphodel]
Hi everyone! We are going to be discussing how to tell if you
are transgender. As a disclaimer, please be aware that
I am not a doctor and cannot diagnose you. Furthermore, don't
use this information to diagnose yourself. This information is
presented to individuals that are legally old enough to decide
on their own if they are transgender. I cannot be held
liable if you are young and you get information out of this
video that wasn't appropriately presented to you. If you feel
you are transgender, or different from what you were
born as, the best advice I could give before we even begin this
is to gather your thoughts and truly figure out what you want.
Only you can decide that. While information online can help you
get some answer, you cannot rely on it to define you. Only you
can define who you are. With some thorough thinking and time,
even if you are young and not of legal age to make your own
decisions, transgender issues can naturally resolve themselves
without any intervention. Transgender is a term used to
describe individuals that identify as something other than
their birth sex. For instance, I was born male but identify as
female and transitioned to live my life as a woman. Not every
trans person will transition and there are varying levels of
dysphoria they feel. Gender dysphoria, also known as gender
identity disorder, is the key sign to tell if you are
transgender. Gender dysphoria is when someone feels uncomfortable
with the sex they were born as and identifies as a different
gender. If you do not experience gender dysphoria, then it is
unlikely that you are transgender. The reason for this
being because this is the main trait that defines transgender
people. It could be minor or severe. Something that defines
you as male or woman, your body, your social interactions,
whatever you feel uncomfortable with as it pertains to your
gender. I have a video dedicated to the realism of gender
dysphoria, so I'll have an annotation and a link in the
description if you would like to check that one out. Some people
like to compare being transgender to that of body
dysmorphic disorder, which is a mental disorder where an
individual obsesses over flaws with their physical body. If we
look at gender dysphoria, it indeed is very similar but is
specific to that of someone's birth sex not matching the
gender they identify as. Maybe it's your breasts or lack of
breasts, genitals, deep or non-deep voice, facial or lack
of facial hair, and so on. The things that define male and
female on a biological level and the changes that ensue during
puberty. Men having the penis, and other skeletal changes,
while women having breasts and vagina, and other skeletal
changes all during puberty. So in order for a trans person to
combat this, they will transition to relieve that
dysphoria. That is why gender dysphoria is the number one
trait. Someone's dysphoria can vary from not so much to extreme
and life threatening. And transitioning may be the only
way to alleviate that. Some trans people may not transition
at all, while others go through hormones and surgery. There is
no such thing as being 'trans enough' or 'not trans enough' to
be considered transgender. As long as you experience dysphoria
related to the characteristics that define you as the sex you
were born as and you don't identify with that, then you are
transgender. But how do you know you experience dysphoria?
Perhaps you are unhappy with something as it directly
pertains to the sex you were born as and the puberty you went
through. If you were born male and went through male puberty,
yet don't like or associate with male things, and like more
female things, as what you determine as female in relation
to your society. Maybe you like women's clothing, makeup, or
other characteristics that you feel make females female. Maybe
if you were born female and went through female puberty, and
dislike your breasts and desire to have more of a male chest.
Whatever you feel you fall on this gender spectrum of male and
female. The only way you'll know is if you actually try it and
experiment. For trans people who have transitioned to the
opposite sex they were born as, it's not uncommon to for them to
experiment prior. Maybe they experiment with clothing and
seeing what that feels like, makeup, tucking, binding,
whatever else, before they go through with transitioning. You
don't need to transition to be transgender, but trans people
usually always change in some way in how they present
themselves to the world. Changing even minor things that
they feel is necessary for them to alleviate the dysphoria. How
would this differ from being gay? Let's say a gay man doesn't
like the typical male things and perhaps dresses in women's
clothing. Just because they may portray a part of themselves as
feminine, doesn't mean they have dysphoria related to their
gender. A gay man will identify as male despite what his
interests are. He doesn't feel it necessary for people to call
him a 'her' or be perceived as a woman by society. Rather, he may
just like some women's things. That is the biggest difference
since if this person was transgender, they would identify
as something other than a man and want to be perceived
differently than a man from others. What makes someone
transgender? Some theorize it has to do with hormone changes
in the womb prior to birth, perhaps even related to the
mother's diet during pregnancy, as well as other physiological
changes that occur before a baby is developed with male and
female genitals and brain development. Others theorize
that it's a mental disorder, usually a dissociative one,
caused by trauma and abuse, neglect and abandonment of a
mother or father figure, and so on. Some even believe it's due
to environmental factors prior to puberty, such as toxins in
the food, water, air, hormone imbalance, or the child being
exposed to transgender topics before they really understand
it, often through Internet research and their parents not
explaining it to them. What if I told you that all of these
theories can and do play an impact on the development of
transgender feelings. Everyone feels transgender for different
reasons. For some trans people, they realize it as a mental
disorder, and realize it is due to their past they have
developed these feelings. Others have never experienced this sort
of trauma and perhaps it was caused by something else. There
are many potential reasons and there is no one size fits all,
everyone is different. Not everyone who is transgender is
transsexual, in that they identify as the opposite sex
they were born as. There are other genders that people chose
to identify as that deviate from the typical male and female.
However, when you study this, it's often not different
genders, but rather variations of male and female. You can
identify as entirely on the male end or entirely on the female
end, be born on one end and identify on the opposite end, or
even fluctuate between these two ends, male and female, and so
on. But to deny the human experience, and the male and
female sex that exists on this planet, indicates that there
could be a deeper rooted problem. We all have male and
female aspects of ourselves that exists within us. We are male
and female on this planet because that is how we, as
mammals, reproduce. We forget this very basic concept, that we
are animals that reside on this Earth with all other living
creatures. We have evolved over time to be the intelligent
creatures we are today, but so intelligent as to deny how we
got here in the first place, our roots, which is male and female.
If you believe we have a spirit as part of a source
consciousness, it is often genderless and sexless since
male and female are simply here on this Earth as a means to
procreate and continue the evolution of the species.
Without male and female, and the ability to reproduce with penis
and vagina, sperm and egg, then our species will die out. The
last thing I wanted to mention was that from comments people
have left on my videos, there are a few terms floating around
that I wanted to mention. One being 'transtrender.' This term
is supposedly used to describe people who identify as
transgender because of a trend and attention, and will often
experience no dysphoria. And another term 'truscum' used to
define transgender people who think gender dysphoria is
necessary for being transgender. I personally have been accused
of the latter. These two words are made up and simply don't
exist. I don't know where they came from, who made them up, and
I don't personally care for them. I find them to be
irrelevant in every context as they don't apply in any context.
Someone can identify as whatever they like, but the term
transgender cannot be changed to suit the needs of these so
called 'transtrender' individuals. From my
observation, it appears that those that have been labeled as
'transtrender' individuals are those that often use the term
'truscum' to essentially shame trans people who feel dysphoria
and for the judgment they receive for not experiencing
dysphoria and not fitting in, usually desperately trying to
fit in by calling themselves transgender when they actually
aren't. You cannot be depressed without feelings of chronic
sadness, nor can you have post-traumatic stress disorder
without experiencing past trauma, and so on. So, the label
of transgender is defined as gender dysphoria. Even minor
dysphoria can still classify, but to experience none
whatsoever simple means that you are not transgender. I am all
about getting to the root of the issues, addressing them, and
overcoming them. For some transgender individuals, the
feeling of wanting to be the opposite sex is purely to
dissociate and distance themselves from their birth sex,
perhaps due to trauma and/or hatred of themselves. These
individuals may be transgender due to a psychological
condition, as opposed to a physiological condition.
Regardless, these feelings are very real and even addressing
the past traumas and coping with any form of dissociation may not
be enough for some and transitioning in some way may be
necessary to relieve the dysphoria associated with this
condition. So the conclusion here is that being transgender
is not one size fits all. There are variations and people
experience varying levels of gender dysphoria. Whatever you
feel you are, try it out and see how you actually like it. Only
you can define yourself and how you feel you are. If you have
any other input on this topic, I would love to hear it so please
feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you agree or
disagree with, and/or how this has helped you or someone close
to you. I hope this information was informative and helpful to
you. Have a wonderful day!
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