[brsapp]

am 6 weeks post partum and was diagnosed with OCD a week ago. Well two nights ago my obsessive theme changed while my SO was showing me a video of a trans girl that was like 14. Well the thought "what if. Was trans" or something if they sort crossed my mind and j have been obsessing about it since yesterday and I am FREAKING OUT. I have never questioned my gender and have always loved being s girl and doing girly things. This feels so real and gives me so much anxiety. It would ruin my life. I have the best boyfriend and daughter and I just can't even believe I'm going through this. Is this just OCD or transgender?

I'd be more concerned about him

[brsapp]

Originally Posted by justafriend306

I'd be more concerned about him

What do you mean? I am concerned about him it would change his world too!

[Artchic528]

Well, consider this, not only are you adjusting to life with a new baby, but your body is now adjusting to life without a pregnancy. I don't know how long it takes for the body's hormones to return to pre-pregnancy levels after delivering a baby, but that might be a factor in why you're suddenly feeling so anxious. The fact that the body also produces a new set of hormones after birth to stimulate the mother to be, well, motherly is also another factor.

If you're breastfeeding your daughter, and thus, are unable to take certain medications while doing so (medications that are unsafe for babies), you might have higher levels of anxiety than you'd otherwise normally have if you were able to take them.

Then again, I don't know what course of treatment you are taking for your MI, so I wouldn't know what medications you are or aren't taking, baby notwithstanding.

I often think about what it would be like to question the gender I was assigned at birth, and if I would be more comfortable with myself if it were changed. However, these thoughts are only fleeting at best, and I really don't struggle that much with them. I guess you might be going through something a bit more severe, but around the same lines of what I am. If you're seriously concerned about your emotions, anxiety and these thoughts of questioning your gender, why not seek out a therapist to discuss this with. They are there if you need one.