11-Apr-2018, 02:37 AM
All
I know this is an open forum so I’ll be careful. How do we post on the other board? I joined another forum last year when I first found out my daughter suddenly decided at 13 she was a boy. She admits she never used to feel like a boy until she was “educated” and it and it made sense to her. I was relieved to find others to discuss this bombshell and get advice. However I soon became kinda depressed reading all the stories and decided it was better for me..and for her..to get some space from this issue that started consuming my life. One year later and I’m trying again to engage with others and hopefully get advice. She still claims to be a boy but can not articulate why. She just says she knows. This child was a typical girl..and I have boys so I know how different they are at all stages of development regardless of their distinct personalities. She still has all girls as friends and does all typical girl activities (meaning not even what I did as a teen-more tomboyish activities). Many of her friends are LGBT +.. such as gender queer and Pan. That doesn’t bother me. I am unnerved by her interest in becoming someone else with a new, boy body. If she wants to dress like a boy and call herself a new name fine..but this hatred for her body and discomfort with herself is extremely concerning. She now wants hormone blockers.
I find it so hard to believe the two therapists she’s seen don’t get it. One told me ROGD is not well documented and that many dispute it, yet she knew nothing about it until I informed her. And she claimed to be an expert. I feel as if they think I’m in denial even though I’ve thoroughly explained my concerns. If this made sense and she was always a masculine girl I would understand.
This seemingly exponentially growing number of mainly young girls suddenly deciding they are boys seems so obviously influenced by social media and recent dare I say “trends” , I am dumfounded these therapists don’t have the common sense to see what is going on. And to HELP them. Thanks for listening...
I know this is an open forum so I’ll be careful. How do we post on the other board? I joined another forum last year when I first found out my daughter suddenly decided at 13 she was a boy. She admits she never used to feel like a boy until she was “educated” and it and it made sense to her. I was relieved to find others to discuss this bombshell and get advice. However I soon became kinda depressed reading all the stories and decided it was better for me..and for her..to get some space from this issue that started consuming my life. One year later and I’m trying again to engage with others and hopefully get advice. She still claims to be a boy but can not articulate why. She just says she knows. This child was a typical girl..and I have boys so I know how different they are at all stages of development regardless of their distinct personalities. She still has all girls as friends and does all typical girl activities (meaning not even what I did as a teen-more tomboyish activities). Many of her friends are LGBT +.. such as gender queer and Pan. That doesn’t bother me. I am unnerved by her interest in becoming someone else with a new, boy body. If she wants to dress like a boy and call herself a new name fine..but this hatred for her body and discomfort with herself is extremely concerning. She now wants hormone blockers.
I find it so hard to believe the two therapists she’s seen don’t get it. One told me ROGD is not well documented and that many dispute it, yet she knew nothing about it until I informed her. And she claimed to be an expert. I feel as if they think I’m in denial even though I’ve thoroughly explained my concerns. If this made sense and she was always a masculine girl I would understand.
This seemingly exponentially growing number of mainly young girls suddenly deciding they are boys seems so obviously influenced by social media and recent dare I say “trends” , I am dumfounded these therapists don’t have the common sense to see what is going on. And to HELP them. Thanks for listening...
