I've also met a couple of people who are seriously messed up and I couldn't tell if that was the result of the mental trauma of having lived in the wrong gender all of their lives or whether they just were fucked up and thought that a gender reassignment would sort all of their problems out - like running away and getting a new identity in some fantasy world where everything is perfect.
The point you make about people lying to themselves fits with that, because that form of manipulation is so hard to see through, especially if you can't take the time to unravel what is really going on in a person's head. Ad astra per aspera
I've also met a couple of people who are seriously messed up and I couldn't tell if that was the result of the mental trauma of having lived in the wrong gender all of their lives or whether they just were fucked up and thought that a gender reassignment would sort all of their problems out
Yes, when you move into the tv/ts world you meet a lot of seriously damaged people. It genuinely feels like a form of torture and it can make you unhinged. It's very difficult to tease apart.
My view is that the NHS treatment, which involves living as a woman (ha !!) for 3 months before they give you hormones puts fragile people under too much stress. So when hormones are supplied, the person is too freaked out to notice if they have any effect. That's why I was grateful to Dr Reid that I was able to discover the effect for myself in my normal unstressed environment.
In this I think the NHS create too many false negatives, just as some say Reid creates too many false positives. keep to the Fen Causeway
