• Crossdressing, Transgender & Allies Discussion: The amazing Egg cracking station
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so I was reminded that some people think that there's a cutoff for when to transition, so have your irregular remind that it's never too late to transition it's never too late to start it's never too late to start IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO START. LITERALLY NEVER. You could be 80+ years old and it would still be a good time to start. If you are transgender and transitioning is the right choice for you, then you can start whenever you are able. Especially if it will make you comfortable within your own body. Not trying to come across angry or anything, I just see this all the time. It's an important message that I want to get out to as many people as I can. I personally knew a lady who started in her mid-to-late 30's (I think, I could find her timeline on reddit) and she came out of it just fine. I never even knew or questioned her being a woman when I was introduced to her, I just thought she had a deep voice. Again, IT IS LITERALLY NEVER TOO LATE TO START.
I'm gonna go ahead and say no. From my experience at least, once you've accepted that you're trans, being closeted is fucking exhausting. At the very least talk to someone about it. Repression will only lead to bad things in the long run.
This is what I'm afraid of the most. I'm going back to school in a relatively red state. I'm legit terrified of the people and what they'll do. Most likely make fun of my thinning hair. Regardless, I just want to live in peace and not be harassed because I don't "look the part".
I feel ya on that body hair it's an absolute bitch to manage.
Agreed. Passing is important to me especially, since I want to be able to pass socially as who I actually am. Coworker talking the other day about how a big event was them seeing a "trans waitress" and how a nearby table was "calling all their friends to come see" is something I'd avoid... It just makes me scared, and being able to pass is a BIG thing to me because it means I've succeed in my own mind.
On the other hand, most of all of the abusive things I heard along this road have been from other trans women. Be careful: a lot of them will judge you, put you down, and tell you shit that's generally untrue just to make themselves feel better. A lot of trans women have extreme self-confidence issues (understandably), which causes them to act like fucking assholes. Choose your trans friends wisely if you do make any. I live on the west coast and people have been pretty chill. I think I pass like.. 80% of the time, but when I don't it's mostly just confused looks/stares, nothing too vitriolic.
Do you want to practice putting make up on together ;)
My problem is that I won't be happy unless I pass. Which I probably won't.
I've been following these threads for years but it wasn't until a similar "It's never too late" post that subconsciously triggered me to actually think about it. Skip ahead a few years and I'm now close to starting HRT.
Cis people, who are so supposedly sure and steadfast in their gender, tend to not know diddly goddamn squat about it. It's like they're constantly on page one of Baby's First Introspection while me and my friends have actual concrete discussions that aren't some vomiting of "only two!!" It's so frustrating hearing the same ignorant crap over and over.
People really hate having their worldview challenged no matter how absurd their current beliefs are.
Is 2.5mg delestrogen once a week too low? I feel like it is. I havent gone back for bloodwork yet to confirm, but I just want your thoughts.
Honestly, only person(s) that can answer that would be the clinic and the doc. Dun think any of us here are qualified to make a statement on that. Just relax and they'll adjust accordingly!
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other people's transition timelines look like such a massive change, but i'm almost a year in and i look nearly identical to how i used to.
Thats why I tend to avoid timelines posted. A lot of them are super young or just have the right genetics. Just leaves me with envy and sad. I mean, I'm happy for them! Just...not happy about my own progress :v
Well shit. I was talking to one of my coworkers and it turns out another coworker/friend in our group, that has long quit and moved on to other better things, was transitioning and just presenting boymode at work. Huh. Too bad I wasn't hanging around that friend group at the time. Would've been nice to have someone to relate to. Oh well.
Yeah it's sorta crazy how stealth some people are with it.
before i came out i got soooooo many "do you want to be a rockstar?" type comments from family members when they saw my long hair lol i'm more concerned that they didn't notice my chest rapidly expanding
Hey guys I'm currently using the Android microphone transcript function thing I'm not sure what to call it but I was wondering how dysphoria feels, physically speaking. Are there any specific reoccurring symptoms to dysphoria that you can describe in detail because it's a bit abstract in my mind? I know the cold facts but I don't really know of many anecdotes regarding how the visceral feeling of dysphoria manifests itself.
I'm in my own house and I want to go home. Our bodies are our true homes and when you're dysphoric, your body is not yours to live in and feel comfortable in.
It's like being stuck in an ill-fitting suit. Parts are too tight or too loose and makes you feel extremely uncomfortable.
Oh wow. What a perfect way to describe it...
It's insane how that words it so perfectly. Like I constantly see something online, or anywhere else and wish that I could buy/wear/do that. I've honestly felt so much better now that Amazon recommends girl stuff to me. Only thing I lack now is confidence.
Hey, just wanted to inform you that Wisconsin in an open doors meeting just voted 5-4-1 to remove the exemption from the healthcare mandate explicitly stating that transgenderism issues were to be denied, meaning that if a doctor says it is medically necessary to have a procedure done because of transgenderism it is to be covered by state health insurance.
Started hormones today, which is great. 2mg Estro and 50mg Spiro. Also came out to my mom and while she's told me repeatedly she loves me, she doesn't understand it, like it, or I feel want it. She wants to talk tomorrow further, and today I talked to her a bit too and she thinks I just must be gay.
It's like your blood isn't your own but you can't scratch your skin off or drain it out because you need it to live.
Eugh, my mum keeps calling me boy and son and shit, despite me asking her not too but I know she probably doesn't mean it maliciously just out of habit or unknowing (except im wearing a skirt.) At least my dad referred to me as she to my sister
I remember when i was with my friend kevin , but i was thinking ''he would do a date''? unknown , not sure
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