Introduction
This essay explores the life of an individual who is in struggle of be
This is the story of
Rehan was born in 1990 and was adopted when he was four months old. He was found nearby the railway station and Katy, the volunteer took him to the Orphanage. There is no information available about his biological parents, but according to his adoptive father he was healthy and stiff and all the time jovial and rare to see him crying. He was unable to digest milk and it took many months to find method so that he can digest milk, but at the same time his appetite was insatiable. He was found quickly in getting adjusted with his adoptive parents and growing under the care of them. For his parents he was the “apple of their eyes”, his family …show more content…
Temper tantrums have gone up and his desire to rule over others have become the rule. But unfulfilling expectations have led to disappointments and resulted into furious fits of hitting, spitting, biting, head banging etc. At the same time his feminine behavioural attributes have become more propounded. He tried to paint his nails and tied batteries to his shoes to showcase that he is wearing high heels. He asked openly many boys to marry him and coyly conveyed to boys to conceive child and to become mother. The doctors were using two parallel tracks: (i) Firm containment of provocative behaviour. Masculine behavioural traits and its alignment were encouraged in his fantasy or any transactions for that matter while feminine behaviour discouraged. Cross dressing and efforts to seduce boys were restricted. (ii) Exploration of his fears of abandonment, hurt and irreversible loss with utmost empathetic ways. The another aspect of Rehan’s personality was found i.e. the genuineness in his feelings which is the stark contrast to the “phony” attributed depicted in …show more content…
With all these Rehan started enjoying his school and learning, his demands such as undivided attention of his teachers were reduced. He started developing his physical competence in sports, games and thus started interacting with other children. A concentrated effort was made to involve several male child care workers in a various “father-son” activities whereby to engage Rehan with a male role model, to increase his zest and comfort in boyish/manly activities thus to help him to relate to a
This essay explores the life of an individual who is in struggle of be
This is the story of
Rehan was born in 1990 and was adopted when he was four months old. He was found nearby the railway station and Katy, the volunteer took him to the Orphanage. There is no information available about his biological parents, but according to his adoptive father he was healthy and stiff and all the time jovial and rare to see him crying. He was unable to digest milk and it took many months to find method so that he can digest milk, but at the same time his appetite was insatiable. He was found quickly in getting adjusted with his adoptive parents and growing under the care of them. For his parents he was the “apple of their eyes”, his family …show more content…
Temper tantrums have gone up and his desire to rule over others have become the rule. But unfulfilling expectations have led to disappointments and resulted into furious fits of hitting, spitting, biting, head banging etc. At the same time his feminine behavioural attributes have become more propounded. He tried to paint his nails and tied batteries to his shoes to showcase that he is wearing high heels. He asked openly many boys to marry him and coyly conveyed to boys to conceive child and to become mother. The doctors were using two parallel tracks: (i) Firm containment of provocative behaviour. Masculine behavioural traits and its alignment were encouraged in his fantasy or any transactions for that matter while feminine behaviour discouraged. Cross dressing and efforts to seduce boys were restricted. (ii) Exploration of his fears of abandonment, hurt and irreversible loss with utmost empathetic ways. The another aspect of Rehan’s personality was found i.e. the genuineness in his feelings which is the stark contrast to the “phony” attributed depicted in …show more content…
With all these Rehan started enjoying his school and learning, his demands such as undivided attention of his teachers were reduced. He started developing his physical competence in sports, games and thus started interacting with other children. A concentrated effort was made to involve several male child care workers in a various “father-son” activities whereby to engage Rehan with a male role model, to increase his zest and comfort in boyish/manly activities thus to help him to relate to a