Preview: The Scary Place That Is My Psyche

I finally decided to do what I swore I wouldn't on this blog - and that is let all of cyberspace know just how crazy I am.

I know, I know, it's long been painfully obvious.

But seriously.....recent events in my life and conversations I've had have prompted me to begin writing a series of posts about my own process of self-discovery and some of my childhood experiences. Don't be disappointed when it turns out not to be totally earth-shattering, because it isn't.

However, it is deeply personal stuff, some of which I've only confided to very close friends. But reading an article about another child's experience of not fitting the gender stereotype "mold," whatever that is, and the opinions people expressed about that situation, made me want to write more than I have in a long time.

Not only is it good for me to do that for myself, but it might also be good for other people - for people who feel intolerant of anything remotely "different," for the kids who feel "different," and for the parents who feel afraid or disappointed or just confused when their kid seems like he or she might be "different." Maybe only a handful of people will read it, and that's okay - it's good for me to relive things that are hard and to remember how far I've come.

But maybe, just maybe, it would be useful to hear about these things from the kid's perspective. So, tune in tomorrow and Thursday, and I'll tell you exactly what it feels like to be "different."