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What to do if i don't want to be transgendered. is there anyway to stop or at least suppress the symptoms?

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Self acceptance: Many people with awareness of lgbtq issues have a great deal of self-hatred & shame from internalized self-judgments that may come from family, school, peers, religion etc. A good therapist can help you w/ these feelings of self-loathing & accept all of yourself. "reprogramming" generally does not work, & the feelings r suppressed but come back out of control later making u feel even worse.

Answered 1/5/2015

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To Be or Not to Be: ...Urseif: if the gender w/which u identify doesn't match the gender u were assigned at birth, life can b very complicated. Coming out & living ur life as ur affirmed gender can create conflicts & problems. But not coming out & not living ur life as ur affirmed gender can also create terrible conflict & inner turmoil. A 2010 survey of trans-identified people in us found 41% have attempted suicide.

Answered 4/3/2016

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