tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post1072948814949721790..comments2024-01-31T09:36:11.225-05:00Comments on Two Spirits - One Halle: Staying In ControlHallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-9468721284317755852011-04-22T12:02:17.215-04:002011-04-22T12:02:17.215-04:00"cooee" - just reading."cooee" - just reading.Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-76073299056596330382011-04-22T06:15:01.365-04:002011-04-22T06:15:01.365-04:00Howdy gun-slinger. Say whats on your mind.Howdy gun-slinger. Say whats on your mind.Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-43063648251345555252011-04-22T00:52:03.491-04:002011-04-22T00:52:03.491-04:00*peep**peep*Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696670919817140802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-43031435104462214652011-04-21T07:01:45.522-04:002011-04-21T07:01:45.522-04:00Halle said: " As though we have made a pact w...Halle said: " As though we have made a pact with the world to not be ourselves. "<br />THAT makes perfect sense to me on so many levels.. totally beats my "like an iguana in a dog and cat world" analogy.stacyhttp://www.thestacyproject.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-87425026687758375162011-04-20T06:49:46.584-04:002011-04-20T06:49:46.584-04:00As Suzi says, what great comments! Thank you all.
...As Suzi says, what great comments! Thank you all.<br /><br />@Jenny, it is the effort to avoid disruptions to those around us that feels a bit strange isn't it. As though we have made a pact with the world to not be ourselves. I do hope to include Mrs H. She needs to get to know what great souls there are in this community and how blessed I have been to get to know you all!<br /><br />KathrynHallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-60407542844472842152011-04-19T19:37:42.812-04:002011-04-19T19:37:42.812-04:00Such wonderful comments!
I can never express ho...Such wonderful comments! <br /><br />I can never express how blessed I feel to have an accepting wife. She has grown in her acceptance and understanding of "Suzi" over the last few years. The freedom she gives me is like a huge anchor being lifted off of my shoulders. It makes it possible for me to deal with dysphoria. She knows when I am beginning to feel depressed and even Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-64620969334776609972011-04-19T11:03:09.910-04:002011-04-19T11:03:09.910-04:00If I ever visit that large population centre, I ho...If I ever visit that large population centre, I hope we will be able to meet up. I'm worth a three-hour drive. ;-)<br /><br />I still remember the feelings that would overwhelm me before I took the plunge. I couldn't live with them. If someone else finds a way to do so, I make no judgment about that. I don't even know if it's about degrees of something being wrong. Some people Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-32146159251205355512011-04-19T10:43:03.226-04:002011-04-19T10:43:03.226-04:00I was in a position where I was finally pretty clo...I was in a position where I was finally pretty close to satisfied with my male identity. If I'd never been presented with the option, I would have been fine. My dysphoria had faded to mild heartache when I was reminded of wishing I had grown up a girl.<br /><br />But then I had the process demystified for me, and at that point I knew it was for me. I wasn't backed into a corner. <br /><brLife In Neonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184967325447681823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-67633819658328753052011-04-19T10:40:06.076-04:002011-04-19T10:40:06.076-04:00Hi Halle! Well, imagine my surprise when I saw a ...Hi Halle! Well, imagine my surprise when I saw a bunch of referrals coming from your site! Very touching what you wrote this, girl! You know I always read what you and others write but sometimes I'm dreadfully late in doing so.<br /><br />Interesting comments. We are all so different but in some ways we are all the same. This "bell" thing has intrigued me since I first read Caliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280127011882954777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-44637276543214326862011-04-19T06:52:41.122-04:002011-04-19T06:52:41.122-04:00Yes, I'd say you're right about that, Jenn...Yes, I'd say you're right about that, Jenny. It seems that many have transitioned think they're not only experts on transitioning in and of itself, but also on who ought and ought not transition. They're experts on themselves, but that's where it ends.<br /><br />I'm glad that you made it. :)Falinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006373893076810290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-29173298575431922762011-04-19T02:07:55.921-04:002011-04-19T02:07:55.921-04:00@Teagan: I did say some transistioners.
I've ...@Teagan: I did say <i>some</i> transistioners.<br /><br />I've definitely met people whose reaction is one of hostility in a "You can't possibly be trans because you didn't do what I did!" way and I can only attribute their reasoning as above. You ain't one of them. :)<br /><br />My bell most definitely rang a few years ago. I nearly didn't make it.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-64905669775967142112011-04-18T18:44:12.244-04:002011-04-18T18:44:12.244-04:00Well, there are varying degrees of dysphoria. (DoD...Well, there are varying degrees of dysphoria. (DoD) My DoD is/was likely lesser, less painful or life-impacting that, say, someone who transitioned early in life. Calie's DoD is likely lesser than mine was. There's nothing really to deride someone for here... we're just different and experience varying levels of dysphoria.<br /><br />@Jenny... I don't think the fact that one Falinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006373893076810290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-79898555020307677462011-04-18T18:30:49.150-04:002011-04-18T18:30:49.150-04:00Having spent so many years not transitioning ( thi...Having spent so many years not transitioning ( think in fairness it was the batter part of 40 years) running though the denial, rejection and battle stage all of which are strategies of some sort, I have come to finally understand that there is a biographical dimension for the late comers and their struggle. Around the age of 30 essentially until last year, I worked to cultivate my female soul Kathryn Dumkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054997856180869508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-41130758913558825492011-04-18T17:14:40.739-04:002011-04-18T17:14:40.739-04:00It sometimes seems as though the idea that some of...It sometimes seems as though the idea that some of us may succeed in avoiding it can be seen as a threat to some transitioners because it is something that they did not manage themselves. That is a shame because there is only each individual's path in all this mess, and we are all different.<br /><br />Personally I recognise that I may one day find myself with nowhere else to turn. However I Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.com