Hey everyone,
Forgot to post here when I first joined so here's a bit of my life story. Also, sorry about my grammar its terrible
I'm a 19 years old female from Scotland, I was born male but I'm transitioning to female as I am transgender.
Growing up was like any other childhood, At least I thought that at the time. My friends, mum and sister were all amazing, of course, we had our fallings out and with twins, you always grew up close but sometimes you wouldn't be the kindest to each other. You grow out of it though and as you get older you start to become close. You're great sis :)
My biological Dad is another story, He was a good dad "sometimes" I have fun memories and a lot of dark ones. I like to think it wasn't his fault and that it was the alcohol that got to him but there were times he was pure evil. Never realised how bad it was at the time, You get so conditioned to it. The amount of manipulation and abuse, I never realised how bad it was until I grew up.
I hate to think just how much my mum suffered because of him, He manipulated me and my sister to not liking my mum / making fun of her for a good amount of time. My dad would verbally and physically abuse me and my sister as well. He would even make me and my sister fight each other "saying not to tell mum", He would leave us in the car unsupervised for hours and hours in the blazing heat with no water, or anything to keep us occupied. While he went off and did things that to this day I have no idea, my best guess is he was off having an affair with multiple people at different times. Heck, he even slept with someone in our house on our birthday, With my mums best friend... He Would also leave me and my sister outside pubs and other places while he went and got drunk.
Another thing that worries me is that lately the more I've been thinking about my childhood the more disturbing things I can vividly remember one of which is being sexually abused by my dad at least 4 times that I can recollect slightly. Idk what to do about it, Don't think there is much I can do about it as I can't even fully remember it and it was ages ago.
Anyway They finally got divorced when I was around 12 years old, My dad basically sold us to my mum when they got a divorce, my dad said she could either have half the money of selling the house or she could have me and my sister, She chose us but since my mum didn't have much money we had to go to the government to get housing. They put us into council housing, we lived for a good few years pretty much just above the poverty line. My mum would have gone to a lawyer to get the money from the house but she didn't want to go through the whole process, she was already severely broken and depressed and had to look after 2 children that are just as damaged.
In Academy (High school/secondary school) my anxiety just kept getting worse, I stayed in school until early 2014, I was 15 years old. I stopped going into school and would coward to my room, I stopped talking to everyone, After about 1-2 weeks the mental health team got involved. I wouldn't even talk to them I would barricade myself in my room, I had a lock on my door then they had to take the lock off and even took the door of which I laugh at now but jeez I was in a really bad state. The crisis team got involved and they would come to my house at least 3-4 times a week, Gradually over time, I started talking again. I even tried running away once but the police got involved and I got scared so I returned home. I wasn't very well mentally, wasn't thinking rationally at all.
Now onto the other part of my life which is being transgender. Around 2011-2012, I started to feel different. when I was young I was a pretty adventurous kid would dress up in dresses play with my sister's toys a lot, Always had long hair etc. 2012 ish was the time that really started everything, From that point on I would act more like a girl, Online I told everyone I was a girl. At the time I didn't have much knowledge about what being trans was I just felt like I was a girl so acted like one. I met some wonderful people online who I talked to and played games with regularly, They helped me out a lot. Going forward in time to when I left school and the mental health team got involved, After the initial crisis team checks I went to see a few psychologists twice a week, Overtime they helped me with my anxiety, depression and gender dysphoria. After talking to them for a few months they diagnosed me with gender dysphoria social anxiety and depression.
They then referred me to the GIC ( Gender identity Clinic )The First appointment took about a year as the waiting list is extremely long. After a few appointments I got on HRT (Estrogen Hormone tablets) and earlier this year I got on testosterone blockers :)
The mental health team kind of just left me to deal with stuff on my own Pretty much kicked me out politely. I guess it was partly my fault since I wasn't very communicative with them. I have such a hard time trying to talk to people. After a few words, I need to hold myself back from breaking down and crying its ridiculous.
I told my GIC Doctor about my suicidal thoughts which were a bad idea, He seemed to care but basically just said he would need to section me if he thought I was a danger to myself at which point I just shut up cause fuck going to a hospital. I got another appointment with him soon and it scares me because I have scars all over my arms and he's going to see them cause he has to take blood tests every few months. So that's going to be a fun talk
went to my GP a few months ago to start on some antidepressants, so far they made it easier to be happier but that was about it. No change to my anxiety or depression.
Anyway sorry for the long post. Got a bit carried away, was good to type all this out. It made me think about a lot of stuff.