Unnamed Former Patient

So yeah, I can also remember the face that I was very... Yeah, really, really unhappy. Yeah, and that I really said that. I said, oh, I will cut it off. Then they have to help me. My parents were really scared that I would maybe hurt myself.

So yeah, I can also remember the face that I was very... Yeah, really, really unhappy. Yeah, and that I really said that. I said, oh, I will cut it off. Then they have to help me. My parents were really scared that I would maybe hurt myself.

Well, I think they left me very free. I was really raised with everything is okay. And I think I always had a very strong intuitive connection with my mother.

Well, I think they left me very free. I was really raised with everything is okay. And I think I always had a very strong intuitive connection with my mother.

That moment, I think, for my mother was, okay, we have to do something and help you. But also very open also from, okay, are you sure that this is what you want? Are you sure that you want to go outside as a girl? Do you know that you will be bullied, that people would have an opinion about you?

That moment, I think, for my mother was, okay, we have to do something and help you. But also very open also from, okay, are you sure that this is what you want? Are you sure that you want to go outside as a girl? Do you know that you will be bullied, that people would have an opinion about you?

Oh, it gives me chill when I say it, but very open with me, nearly like an adult conversation, but I was eight years old.

Oh, it gives me chill when I say it, but very open with me, nearly like an adult conversation, but I was eight years old.

In Manon's case, her parents had started to let her dress as a girl when she was in elementary school. As soon as I came out of school, curtains, clothes, and then I changed. And I think I changed every day 10, 15 times.

In Manon's case, her parents had started to let her dress as a girl when she was in elementary school. As soon as I came out of school, curtains, clothes, and then I changed. And I think I changed every day 10, 15 times.

Yeah. And also my dad said a while ago, like, you were looking in the mirror the whole day.

Yeah. And also my dad said a while ago, like, you were looking in the mirror the whole day.

And then shortly after.

And then shortly after.

I said, I want to go to my friend. Her name was Brenda. And to show the new me.

I said, I want to go to my friend. Her name was Brenda. And to show the new me.

It also felt like not a nice place because it was very vulnerable there. All the kids, and kids are harsh.

It also felt like not a nice place because it was very vulnerable there. All the kids, and kids are harsh.

And then my mom said, if you want, later I can pick you up and then we can walk together through the playground. She said, if you think about it, if you want it, call me. And I thought, yes, I want that. So my mom picked me up and she held my hand and we walked. Yeah, I was as a girl. Yeah. And then we walked outside and with my head up high and everyone was outside and watching.

And then my mom said, if you want, later I can pick you up and then we can walk together through the playground. She said, if you think about it, if you want it, call me. And I thought, yes, I want that. So my mom picked me up and she held my hand and we walked. Yeah, I was as a girl. Yeah. And then we walked outside and with my head up high and everyone was outside and watching.