#im starting hrt this year

[apfsds]

As a yet-to-start HRT gal

How do the few people I know feel about that? I am without a doubt a woman, but I am presently masc. Am I somehow faking to you all? Or am I just in my own head after years of self abuse?

[bathylychnops]

trying to not doom and gloom abt it but hey do any transmascs in like red states (or any state while dipshit idiot fanta orange was president, able to START T at all, like were you able to still get any kind of trans healthcare or hrt during that reign of terror like if so HOW 😭 id like to go on T like sometime inthe next two year or so but i wantto know if like. anyone has tips of how to get the process started esp ifyou dont have health insurance 😬

[sualne]

my voice has started to drop and ive been in a near constant state of gender euphoria this week :DD

[doomdoomofdoom]

any trans person should get HRT for free (no insurance required) and in exchange they should participate in the occasional study/survey.

research into sex hormones and their effects is so scarce and you have a whole ass population group who's willing to not only switch up their hormones but keep it up for very long periods of time. you could run some incredible long term studies with participants across all sorts of demographics.

while it's impossible to conduct any blind studies on this due to observable change in appearance, there's still so so so much data we're giving up on because we'd rather...

lemme check my notes. that cant be right.

...because we'd rather deny trans people health care and let them die. huh.

[rainydaygt]

hold them gentl like hoddog

[silversoulstardust]

week 7 of menstruating and I am so so tired

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

I'm not on t yet and it's already so bad. how to prepare

Prepare? Nuh uh. It just happens.

The rabid animal phase does go away, sort of.

The level stays mostly the same but you learn to ignore it.

If you can do it, exercising helps.

But when it hits randomly at the worst moment I’m sorry there is nothing to be done LMAO

[theood]

I Flipflop so much on it but man. I really do want top surgery

[first-blight]

[shakes myself by the shoulders] YOU'D HAVE TO STOP THE WORLD JUST TO STOP THE FEELING!!!!!!!!

[queerlycarter]

im finally in a place where i have a real & consistent urge to make my life Better. more tolerable. enjoyable

im not just enduring anymore, i want to inhabit my life & my body

there are innumerable factors building up over years that led to this point, but i think a big one is my body's sudden & steep decline. it's led me to seeking relief & having to pay close attention to what my body is doing and how it's feeling, and make conscious choices to make myself more comfortable.

anyways which led to me FINALLY actually deciding that yes. i do want to start hrt. i'm done ignoring my body and im ready to start making it a place i'm happy living in

[lizzy-frizzle]

People that can handle the social interactions to navigate the weird ass bureaucratic nightmare that is changing your name.

How?

[spaghett-onaplate]

mutuals send me the strength to get through tomorrow

[mcskullmun]

We’re okay 95% of the time but sometimes we remember that we likely won’t be able to transition until we’re like 20-fucking-5 and get the insatiable urge to Throw Things

(Cw for some trans-related rage/desperation in the tags)

[jettonetrillion]

I keep tearing up out of nowhere because I am just so so so so so happy and comfortable in my body. I knew I wanted hrt but I severely underestimated just how fucking magical it is. I cannot even put it into words the euphoria and connection I already have to my body.

[mellotronmkll]

LOL my mom texting me this and I literally can't tell if she's acknowledging/ affirming my gender or if it's just supposed to be like Ohhh first bon daughters have it so hard and she's completely oblivious to the implications like what does this mean 😭 I'm almost certain it's the second though but it floored me

[kyngsnake]

Throughout this upcoming year I’d really like to sort out what exactly is going on with my weird little body. Because I have a funny feeling the EDS and unusual hormone balances aren’t conveniently unrelated.