How did you deal with being in the "in-between" stage of your transition? (self.trans)

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[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's an awkward stage of transition but the best advice I can give is to try to look past that awkwardness and instead use it as motivation. You are warm, malleable plastic. Use this time to try make yourself fit your best vision of yourself.

Learn makeup, try different hairstyles, try different types of clothes, wear your jeans higher, try experimenting and see what resonates. Keep the things that make you feel better and shed the ones that don't. It's also ok to reserve certain things for special occasions. But always remember to be patient with yourself.

- 10yrs trans

[-] Caitlyynn 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This. Im currently right there and this is what keeps going. All the stuff is happening painfully slow for my liking, but this way I can actually see some results right away

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