I'm working with a therapist to figure out if I should transition (32/MTF). She told me about how much I'd benefit from this trans support group, but it feels like it has been all rep-fuel. Is that her plan?
Here is what I've seen: >lots of mtf hons, only people my age or youngshits are pooners >balding hons, so delusional that they don't wear wigs. >literal autists >tranners who act like they've just learned that society hates us >tranners who want to be as visible as possible, but get upset when they encounter said hatred. >50 year old white MTF: "Um, hey, y'all, I just wanna say: you're like so valid! I want to give you affirmation" >Nonsense chosen names...that are often misspelled. >legit mental illness on display
I feel so lost and alone in this. I'm afraid that if I say anything to my therapist, she going to accuse me of being an overly critical bitch or not really trans. Are there any transpeople like me? I feel so disillusioned, because the emotional toll of being trans requires a good support system. Where can I find MTF basic bitches?
>How much I'd benefit from this trans support group >but it feels like it has been all rep-fuel You figured it out and you still seem confused what gives?
Cooper Myers
She genuinely believes this stuff is normal and that I should be more accepting of other people. Personally, I doubt that I'd feel this level of disgust, if I associated with normal MTF women.
I get mixed signals from her about transition. One day she is very supportive and will refer to me as a woman, but then they next day kind of forget where we are in therapy. I think she is just old and forgetful, desu.
Luke Ross
people from all walks of life show up to support groups, user go to literally any other support group for any topic and it'll give you an equally depressing insight into the average individual human being sorry to say this, but you're 32 and just looking into transitioning now. you were the repfuel for people at that support group, too. set your shit straight before someone else does for you
Dominic Stewart
>Where can I find MTF basic bitches? hi my therapists all went on and on about support groups but I had and have the exact same reservations about them as you do. And yes, being trans does require a good support system, being alone the past 3 years has not been fun
Isaac Murphy
whats with the egg shapped cranium
Aiden Davis
I don’t go to trans support groups because I’m repfuel :)
See? I’m helping sctually
Daniel Russell
>my therapists all went on and on about support groups
She won't write me a letter if I'm not a regular member of a support group. I sometimes wonder if emotionally healthy transwomen are too well-adjusted for trans support groups.
How are you dealing with transition? How did you find a good support system?
Jason White
this is why you should use /tttt/ as your support group we have bdd passoids, schizos (me), depressed people who know society hates them and are past giving a shit (also me), extreme cisnormatives, repressors, and a small sprinkling of self-hating hons (who the bdd passoids think incorrectly that they are among)
Aaron Roberts
What empty affirmations and terrible advice can this board give me?
Gabriel Lopez
aren't support groups basically made for emotionally unhealthy people? >She won't write me a letter if I'm not a regular member of a support group sounds like u have to go wheter u like it or not
>How are you dealing with transition? How did you find a good support system? I'm not dealing with it very well. I am happy with the effects of HRT, but I basically haven't socially transitioned at all. I pretend to be a man. I drowned myself in my studies and spent time with friends and family. Then after corona hit and all the unis shut down I lost my crutch and got fucked. Now I'm back here in this shithole because not being able to talk about these feelings with anyone is driving me insane. Probably gonna join some LGBT shit in my area so I don't have to come here anymore.
tl;dr go to a place where u can talk with likeminded people
Dominic Sanders
that's the thing we won't give you empty affirmations, only a mixture of empty hatred, founded hatred, and founded affirmations and we will give you both terrible and extremely good advice and you have to roll the dice to find out which is which
you will not find normal trans people at those places. a general lgbtq support group would probably be better but then you’d be the token weird hon instead of the most normal one there.
Logan Hall
I think she's just a cis woman and doesn't understand trans stuff. Lots of "tolerant" cis people just seem to think "yeah sure that's cool that you want to look like shit, that's normal, I accept you!" and seem to just expect trannies to be delusional or autistic as a baseline. Obviously, from your perspective as a pre-hrt tranny is you are afraid and uncertain about being seen as disgusting/reviled by most of society and you want to feel good about your own appearance. Cis people only get the "want to be a woman" part, but maybe think it's impossible so they assume you will naturally just be a gigahon and that's OK or something.
You don't have to hang out with gigahons/autists if you transition. You can boymode/manmode/twinkhonmode/honmode or w/e makes you feel most comfortable with yourself. Your therapist is just bad on this issue, like most people. Consider dysphoria/likelihood of decent results and whether you will be okay with potentially not passing and if you can work with that. These things are more important than the repfuel support group shit. For what it's worth, anytime someone has posted here about trans support groups it's basically about how it's repfuel.
Isaiah Howard
minus the "founded affirmations"
Blake White
i mean, i know this board gives those out sometimes because i give them out but yes they are rare
Josiah Brown
How common is it to find trans accepting LBG people IRL?
Logan Thompson
I'm so afraid to post my face in /PassGen/ threads
Jeremiah Foster
Jesus what a collection of ugly fucking weird assholes - no wonder the world is in such mess
