My Mental Health as a Young Person With a DSD | Blog

I used to be provided counselling by CAMHS, which helped considerably, but additionally by my hospital, which employed a DSD specialist psychologist named Julie. To talk with Julie usually was such a privilege. I assume that lots of people is not going to have entry to comparable help, however reflecting on this expertise, my classes with Julie primarily saved my life.

But whereas I used to be so grateful for Julie, what I actually needed was to fulfill others my age with DSDs, to speak about awkward issues we each skilled, about how their relationships have been, and to assist validate the feelings I used to be feeling in respect to my physique and to my future.

I joined just a few Fb teams created for others with CAIS, however was unable to actually join with anybody my age. It sounds unusual, however what I actually craved was somebody maybe of their teenagers, or a younger grownup, who I might take a look at and see was utterly ‘regular’, and was residing a ‘regular’ life.