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Hi ! My name is Gabriel. I'm 17--soon to be 18--and from Mississippi. The most HORRIBLE place to live when you're a transgendered.
I am FTM,pre-operation and hormones. I've got Asperger's Syndrome along with Bipolar Disorder and Social Phobia with panic attacks.
Nice to meet ya! =D
I am FTM,pre-operation and hormones. I've got Asperger's Syndrome along with Bipolar Disorder and Social Phobia with panic attacks.
Nice to meet ya! =D
But I can say that I agree with Frankie. - Don't worry too much, Gabe, you'll be fine eventually. You have courage and tenacity ... more so than most NTs (socalled "normal" people) ... and that gives you an advantage. - I bet you're talented too. Focus on what your heart beats for, that will carry you through a lot of the down times to come!
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Simon,
it's funny ... you mention panick attacks being worst in crowds, and I've heard/seen people say this many, many times. And yet I've always been a lot more prone to anxiety and panicking in small crowds. I guess it's because I feel more exposed when in smaller groups, because I can't easily be anonymous and go un-noticed there. Also, I've always been the kind of person that everyone looks at the second I enter a room; even on the street people will automatically look at me.
But as I said, when I know I won't have to try to be social it's not a problem to me. - Also, if I'm on a stage (which makes me the center of everybody's attention) I feel less anxious than I do say in a small birthday party. And the reason for this, I believe, is that I (feel I) am in control on a stage.
I'm Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome (... and ADHD), and anxiety has been a permanent thing since my early teens, with the wellknown churning at solar plexus (a sort of negative, massively enhanced "butterflies") even as I write this. It may sound strange, but I've actually learned to "ignore" my anxiety in some situations when I'm not overwhelmed.
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