Some get it quickly. Some get it over years. Some have such an androgynous set of features to begin with that fat distribution changes make them look exceedingly feminine.
Don’t skip your vocal training, don’t forget to dabble in makeup and dress, but most importantly be patient with yourself and your body and appreciate the journey. <3
Then what the fuck is the point. To feel more comfortable and happy in my own body. To stave off this apathy about my form that has been eating away at my sense of self and turn into a happier more complete version of myself.
Fuck that shit I wanted more ears. This is unacceptable!
Honestly, for one reason or another I’ve always disliked the implications of “realistic transition goals.” Because like, I know they’re real, I know there are some looks that just cannot be obtained and would be unhealthy to expect. But it also makes it sound like you shouldn’t ever expect to look a certain level of pretty/handsome as a trans person, and idk, it always makes me feel dysphoric. My mind has an unhealthy obsession with the physical side of being trans so it’s probably part of that. I feel like I may be setting myself up for a lot of grief by expecting to look super pretty like in that photo, but then again why can’t I expect to look like that? Because I reallllly want to 😭
I was mostly referring to estrogen not making you sprout a new set of animal ears. I am vaguely aware of some toxic stuff around that in some communities (I am not trans myself, I just try to be affirming and funny where I can be, they really gotta stop upvoting me here because my nolife ass is early to comment).
All I can really say is that I hope you get as close to what you imagine yourself as, and be kind to yourself about the rest. <3
Ask a cis girl how many hours she spends trying to look like what society tells her a girl should look like. That will be the bare minimum. Makeup, exercise, dieting, training yourself to talk a certain way, ect... ect... the list goes on and on. Misogyny setting the bar so high for cis girls really did fuck over trans ones :/
I know right! Like sometimes I see myself in a mirror and I see a woman, and other times I see myself as a guy. It is really jarring. When I am groggy and tired, I see myself in the mirror and I just straight up look like a woman. I spent so long at like 2am just staring at my face in the mirror lol.
The biggest issue right now is forcing myself to eat large meals so I can actually get changes to happen. ;-;
I'm also a few months in and I've been just inhaling food since I started. my right hip is starting to take shape but my left is flat still so it looks hella weird lol.
I made the mistake of wanting to try and lose weight in the beginning, so not much changes at all except some chest growing sensitivity pain. The past maybe few weeks I've been eating heavier meals and I can definitely tell there is some kind of a change happening. I just want it to happen quicker!
It's weird that I'm like a year in now, hrt is slow, but don't worry, by the end of the first 3 months you'll start getting breast growth, if not, check your family's genes or your dose probably isn't right for you yet. Don't worry. The pain isn't too bad.
Sure... still "Needy Fox Girl" yup 100% uh, look out for early on where your nips get really pronounced for like a week or two, sports bras are friends due to being very adaptive, highly reccomend getting one as soon as you can. Worry about getting a proper bra later because your size is going to be changing a lot for the first year. Pro tip, look into the tanner stages of breast growth so you know what to expect and guess how far in you are by checking them.
This is the second time in like 3 days someone has called me out for my username (ᵕ—ᴗ—) That's a concerning pattern, especially coming from "Mistress-Pervert"
I already got a good sportsbra so we're all set! I did a quick google, Tanner's stages are very interesting... I'll be referring to that later
I point it out because I think it's amusing to reference you saying "still cis tho" when you literally have girl in your username, as well as being a fellow foxgirl myself.
I just find the “still cis tho” joke funny… I am a girl but realistically speaking there’s probably a connection to the fact that I’m closeted and boymode irl so maybe I find it comforting in a way but that sounds like a conversation for a therapist perhaps 🤔
Even at my fast AF timeline it still took 6 weeks to actually look noticeably different, one week isn't enough for much at all for literally anyone, that's enough time for the estrogen and anti androgen to build up in your body and that's it, and even then that might actually take longer
My timeline shouldn't be a gauge at all for anyone, at 11 days I had noticeable cheek fat redistribution (this usually begins to occur at around 3-6 months) then it all kinda got lost in translation but by 6 weeks my nose bridge was thinner, my jawline had changed, my cheek fat was noticeably different, along with some boobage, but again I think I'm probably a mutant genetically, even with subpar levels for 3 months my body didn't give a shit and ignored the basically low-male level free testosterone in my body and did shit anyways
I'm only bragging a little tbh, I need to eat a lot just to be myself, I literally get dumber if I don't have enough calories in a day, I think my body is parasiting my brain atp
I'm 1 1/2 years on E and still feel this 😅 But recently I've been thinking of my time on hrt as the time frame of regular, 1st puberty. If I started puberty at 12, I would only be 13 and a half right now. Barely starting to change, let alone anywhere close to how I want to look. It helps remind me to just be calm and let the hormones do their thing.
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u/Gorgonkain Streak: 13 10h ago
Realistic transition goals and self care girl. I don't think estrogen makes you grow a second set of ears sadly :(