Could there be a pill for that?...

Could there be a pill for that?... [+ favourites]

You might often hear about a man feeling like 'they are a woman trapped inside a man's body'.

Could it be that they have a hormonal imbalance, of similar, where there physiology somewhere is more feminine than masculine?

If that were the case, do you think that it may be possible to 'correct' the imbalance, perhaps with hormone treatment, rather than perhaps accept that they are actually female in any way?

Please discuss...

(Bear in mind that despite knowing females, a man has never really been female (technically), so how would it be possible for them to say they are female?..)

"There is no negative one..."

Probably there is an increase in female hormones such as estrogen. Perhaps the brain is structured differently. or perhaps the parental structuring caused changes to the brain structure.

There seems to be a pill for everything these days. There are pills or hormones to make women men so perhaps they could take those.

I don't understand what is wrong with just being plain gay. A man still, but just gay.

"I love to see people struggling for their purpose in life..."

I've heard there are ways to control your hormones yourself, without any medication.

I do think it's possible that gay, bi and transsexual people are created through environmental influence. I think it's through the food we eat.

I thought it was interesting when I heard some gangsta type guy calling some other guy a "sweet boy." - maybe there is more understanding there than meets the eye. I wonder if gay guys eat a lot of sweet foods - and if a most gay girls eat a lot of meat. It would be an interesting study.

"You don't make statements like that. You leave the hospital with the understanding that you don't."

That's the most retarded thing i have ever heard... You are what you eat!!! There's no way that food causes homosexuality. It's way more likely to be genes or hormones that are under producing or overproducing.

"I love to see people struggling for their purpose in life..."

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That's the most retarded thing i have ever heard... You are what you eat!!! There's no way that food causes homosexuality. It's way more likely to be genes or hormones that are under producing or overproducing.

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"You don't make statements like that. You leave the hospital with the understanding that you don't."

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"What do you think creates the genes that you have other than what your mother puts in her body while she's pregnant?"

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""I'll follow him to the ends of the earth," she sobbed. Yes, darling. But the earth doesn't have any ends. Columbus fixed that - Tom Robbins"

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Yeah, I hear if you eat pickles while your pregnant you'll have a boy. Same idea right?

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DNA is reworked by one's environment but only by an individual's bodies perception of the environment. A diet won't dictate your sexuality. Unless you think it will, in which case it becomes more psychological not genetic.

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"You don't make statements like that. You leave the hospital with the understanding that you don't."

The sex of a baby is determined by the sperm so yeah ... would have nothing to do with the mother (off topic).

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I'm sure someone told you that or you read it and you just believed it.

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I've also heard people call male homosexuals "fruits" many times

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""I'll follow him to the ends of the earth," she sobbed. Yes, darling. But the earth doesn't have any ends. Columbus fixed that - Tom Robbins"

I don't need to show you a study - I can just point to reality.

To every thing that exists there is a complimentary opposite; black-white, up-down, front-back, male-female, positive-negative, hot-cold etc. You may have gathered from reading this that these complimentary opposites are all relative. 100 degrees is cold compared to 5000 degrees but hot compared to -50.

Realize that every cell, particle and atom that is in your body was transformed from the nourishment you received from the air, food and the sun. This observation alone shows the magnitude of importance that our primary forms of nourishment have on us. We really are what we eat.

Recognizing this reveals the probability that our preferences for sexual partners, activity, and lifestyle in general are intimately related to the nourishment we give ourselves.

This all goes into much more detail than I feel like writing at the moment. Check out a book by George Ohsawa if you want a more in-depth look at the nature of yin/yang.

"You don't make statements like that. You leave the hospital with the understanding that you don't."

To me, a man is a man.
A woman is a woman.

Those who say they're "a man trapped in a woman's body." or vice versa, I believe, are self-consious. They don't like who they are, and wish to be something else. The more they wish to be something else, the more their brain will tell them they are exactly that, even if they aren't.

Your brain is a computer, the way you think effects the way you act. You can change your brain or "reprogram" it to think a certain way.

"There is only one Happiness in life, to Love and be Loved"

Saying we choose our sexual partners based on food is such a stretch. Man look at that chicks rack, Yeah but look at her ham sandwich haha.

Maybe if you were into fat chicks or something then you might like a chick who eats KFC. Go to the local KFC to pick up chicks with phat booty!

Perhaps DNA might be altered through time in that say eating fish reduced cancer rates. Those who liked fish would be less likely to get cancer and therefore they were naturally selected. There's no way food can alter DNA in such a short time.

"I love to see people struggling for their purpose in life..."

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Realize that every cell, particle and atom that is in your body was transformed from the nourishment you received from the air, food and the sun. This observation alone shows the magnitude of importance that our primary forms of nourishment have on us. We really are what we eat.

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"I'm the mirror that will make you invisible"

I have enjoyed all responses so far, so now...

Would you actually recommend some sort pill or treatment with similar effect (i.e. to help 'correct' hormonal balances or like) to someone who thinks they were born in the wrong body?

Personally, if it came down to yes or no, I'd go for yes. However complex circumstances may not allow me to show my feelings... I think it may help them feel more normal, although they have probably been used to, and gotten attached to, the old them...

How about you guys?

"There is no negative one..."

i'm not sure if pills would work but iv'e heard of surgeries. and it is known that sports, physical activities increase male hormones

"I'm the mirror that will make you invisible"

First off, cool story pupa. It helps confirm my intuition about the relationship between our body, mind and the food we eat.

No, I don't think synthetic man-made pills are the answer to anything. There is nothing found in nature that is "pure" like the extracts that chemists cook up in their laboratories. I believe that all the nourishment we need for a happy and healthy body/mind can be found in the harvests of one's local environment. It would be a cruel joke on humanity if one's well-being rested on some extract taken from a rare plant in rural Japan.

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Perhaps DNA might be altered through time in that say eating fish reduced cancer rates. Those who liked fish would be less likely to get cancer and therefore they were naturally selected. There's no way food can alter DNA in such a short time.

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"You don't make statements like that. You leave the hospital with the understanding that you don't."