Jade's Transgender Journey

It Does Not Have to be Hard It does not have to be hard, but why is it?  This is a question that I have asked many times since I started learning about transgender.  Now, I can honestly say, being transgender in itself is not typically hard, but by the way some people treat us for being transgender can be. One can expect strangers to treat us differently, but that is not where the pain comes from.  As a global moderator for a transgender support group, most of us have the same pain in common, we are mistreated and alienated by family members.  The very same people who we should be able to turn to for unconditional love and support, would rather disown us than face their prejudices towards transgender.  As we come close to the Christmas holiday, most of us have little to no family that wants to celebrate the holiday with us.  Regardless of the geography, there are families disowning their loved ones for having a medical diagnoses.  This is not to say th...

 Where Did I Find Support?      When I was diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria by my neuropsychologist, being transgender was confirmed.  Now what do I do?  What is next?  What do I wear?  What do I tell my friends and family?  These were just some of the questions that I had. I was anxious, and I was scared of the unknown in what was next, what to expect.  Maybe if I could find others like me, I could get some advice, some support?  Considering that I never met another transgender person in my life, where could I find others to talk to?  I was relieved that I was finally diagnosed, but I was also lost.  Yes, I had a professional therapist, who I saw every couple weeks for an hour, but she could only do so much.  So, I looked for more support; and considering the transgender community is so small, finding a local support group was very difficult. I googled transgender chat groups, but most were focused on sex chat, which ...

 Seizures are Starting Again, Why?     For those who do not know, I have seizure disorder; and in 2017 I was told if I did not get my seizures under control, they would kill me.  For about 2 years I had trouble with mobility and even required a hospital bed, wheel chair, and home health care.  After doing some deep soul searching I was able to start to discover myself as my authentic self as a transgender person.  Then in the spring of 2020, I saw a neuropsychologist, who confirmed that I was transgender suffering from gender dysphoria, which was most likely subconsciously contributing to my seizures. A weight was lifted off my shoulders, I started my transitioning, which resulted in my seizures slowly starting to subside.  In the past couple of years I have been able to do things that I thought I would never be able to do again, so why is my seizures starting again?  Well, like before, I have to be honest in what triggered them.  You see, be...