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Yet again things do not look good for me
First of all a quick reintroduction. My name is Natalie, I am a 24 year old M2F transsexual and come from Carlisle, a small and very narrowminded city in the North of England. I am having difficulty coping at the moment, which I put down to me not having any friends or support (other than my counselling, which I only have another five sessions of before I have to start paying).
I have given up on finding help or support of any description in my local area. I spoke to someone at a place called Connexions (They offer various forms of support to young people) after being told that they would probably help even though they don't usually deal with people over 19. I was told that I am too old though. The only advice that he gave me was to try a crossdressers club in blackpool which is a bit late for me seeing that I am already full time and have been taking hormones for ten months now.
This seems to be a recurring problem. I have been searching desperately for help since about October last year but everywhere seems to have nothing to offer for me personally. I may be reducing my chances of finding help by only looking for help from LGBT groups but the reaction from straight people when I have tried other groups is that they didn't like what I was doing and didn't want to know me. Now some of the local gangs of charvas (Violent young men and women) know about me and occasionally go out of their way to harrass me. I am looking at moving out of Carlisle as soon as possible, as no-one seems interested in my wellbeing.
In the meantime, I really need to find somewhere safe for me to meet people, that is reasonably close (About 100 miles away is realistic) and has good public transport to Carlisle.
Any suggestions anyone? Quite seriously, we are talking life or death here. I don't know how much longer I can manage on my own.
transminds and transgenderYet again things do not look good for me
First of all a quick reintroduction. My name is Natalie, I am a 24 year old M2F transsexual and come from Carlisle, a small and very narrowminded city in the North of England. I am having difficulty coping at the moment, which I put down to me not having any friends or support (other than my counselling, which I only have another five sessions of before I have to start paying).
I have given up on finding help or support of any description in my local area. I spoke to someone at a place called Connexions (They offer various forms of support to young people) after being told that they would probably help even though they don't usually deal with people over 19. I was told that I am too old though. The only advice that he gave me was to try a crossdressers club in blackpool which is a bit late for me seeing that I am already full time and have been taking hormones for ten months now.
This seems to be a recurring problem. I have been searching desperately for help since about October last year but everywhere seems to have nothing to offer for me personally. I may be reducing my chances of finding help by only looking for help from LGBT groups but the reaction from straight people when I have tried other groups is that they didn't like what I was doing and didn't want to know me. Now some of the local gangs of charvas (Violent young men and women) know about me and occasionally go out of their way to harrass me. I am looking at moving out of Carlisle as soon as possible, as no-one seems interested in my wellbeing.
In the meantime, I really need to find somewhere safe for me to meet people, that is reasonably close (About 100 miles away is realistic) and has good public transport to Carlisle.
Any suggestions anyone? Quite seriously, we are talking life or death here. I don't know how much longer I can manage on my own.