I have felt quite a few things, And is why I am not strong enough to work in the burn center. I went through a period in my life where I too was overly concerned with my self and almost didn;t make it out of it, as I woke up choking charcoal when they brought me back. I did techincally kill myself, they brought me back from it. What I learned from that however, is that none of that is important in the least. Nope none of it matters at all. We should be forced to be pushed to our limits so that we can realize the really important things in life and quit focusing on our insignificant imperfections that we see as " huge obstacles" when they really are not. I look at that time in my life as me being terribly selfish and ignorant to the important things in this world. That is the difference. No mine wasn't about being "trapped in the wrong gender" but instead I thought I was "trapped in a body that was impregnated by a rapist" which in the whole of it all, still is insignificant in the whole picture in life here. That is the difference, I have moved past that stage of "wallowing in self pitty", to trying to make a difference in this world. I have been in the darkest place you can be, and learned from that however, rather than try to figure out ways to put myself back there by focusing on things that really don't amount to anything in the end.Metanar said:Texas isn't exactly the most progressive American state, and to have qualified in medicine from it frankly doesn't give me much confidence in your knowledge about LGBT matters. Doctors are meant to be compassionate and understanding - something you have yet to demonstrate towards people suffering this condition.Lil devils x said:What exactly does that explain? It is a top notch school, and I am proud to have made it through. " I will belittle it, as in my opinion, they are more concerned about being trapped in a healthy body and do not appreciate the health they do have. They do not appreciate that they were given legs to walk, or sight to see the beautiful world we live in. Instead they focus on one aspect they are not content with and allow it to consume them. That is why I take issue with this, because they are too self absorbed to be grateful for the gifts they were given and to appreciate how lucky they are. Working in my field and dealing with children with real disabilites and seeing how happy they are with themslves and not wanting to be anyone else makes you realize that it isn't what happens to you in life it is completely how you choose to deal with it. A child born without legs and being content that way, gives you a different perspective on what is really important in life.
This one little girl who had was dealt a terrible hand by nature, yet cared nothing for herself or her condition, but was more concerned about those around her, and helping make a real difference in this world probably made the biggest impact on my life and my perspective on these things. Yes, she helped show me how all of these other things really do not matter, as it isn't about how we feel, it is a matter of what we do in the end.
"soul shhattering"- they do not even understand what that means if they think that being dealt a healthy body regardless of gender is a bad thing.
I don't care about your medical experience, your patients, what you've seen, any of it; don't go on about your experience as a doctor, it's irrelevant.
You just don't understand the feeling, since, guess what, you've never felt it before. You're just a bigot who refuses to accept things you can't perceive yourself. So why don't you stop making assumptions about how transsexualism affects people and deal with it.
It's not a waste if it saves a life, and if I knew I couldn't finish my transition, I would kill myself.
As for killing yourself because you didn't get your way, well, that is a cop out. If something happend and the world suddenly changed and it was no longer possible to continue in your endeavor, you would just up and kill yourself over it? You wouldn't at least try to survive and save as many as you can as well? Do you not see how self absorbed that is? Why on earth would you want to do that? yea we all get tough breaks. I cannot do doctors without borders because my immune system is completely screwed. It is all I have ever wanted to do, but I am excluded due to my own medical conditions. Do I just kill myself over it? Of course not. I do what I can do instead. We deal with the cards we are dealt, not just throw up our hands and quit because we didn;t get our way. That would just be .. lame.