Going forward. Will I be diagnosed?

[evevt]

So, yesterday I talked with my fiancee and confirmed that I considered transition. I will now be seeking a gender therapist. Now, I wonder if I'll actually get diagnosed. I do not suffer from dysphoria (or very mildly), am not girly or effeminate in any way. The only thing is that I would feel more at home in a female body. What do you guys think?

Comments

[sistawendy]

You sound like me seven years ago. A lot of us, including me, have at some point felt that we somehow weren't trans enough. If you've made it this far though - and telling my wife was to this day the hardest thing I've ever done - you're plenty trans enough.

And I still think I look terrible in a lot of photographs. :)

[evevt]

Thanks for the cheering. I'm kinda lucky that, if I go through this, I should not look too bad :P I'm already short and have rounder softer features.

For the 'knowing' or 'feeling it', it kinda came suddenly, about 5 years ago. I have been introspecting and hinting at it to some close ones since then, so my girlfriend already expected that...

Just what is it they take into consideration for the diagnosis?

[sistawendy]

To tell you the truth, I don't know. I've never read the entry about us in any edition of the DSM.

[evevt]

How did your wife take it? How were you able to cope with it? For us, it seems we'll have to take it one step at a time, because otherwise she'll freak out. Hell, she already is freaking a bit...