Dysphoria got you down? Comment on this post for moral support from your trans siblings! (self.trans)

submitted 8 months ago by onevia to c/trans

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A lot of us experience dysphoria about a lot of things. Personally, one of my biggest points of dysphoria is my facial/body hair and masculine sounding voice.

We believe this should be a community where all trans people are welcome to give and receive support on their journey.

Feel free to rant about what's been bothering you and try and comment on someone else's comment with some encouragement! It can really go a long way to brightening someone's day!

Love to all my trans brothers, sisters, enbies and all other flavors of people who live as they are ❤️

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[-] onevia 3 points 8 months ago

You got this Hun. That "man in a dress" feeling is something I think all of us transfemmes experience at some point. It's tough because like you said, we would never think that of others, but when you've been told you're a man your whole life, it's hard to rewire that and see your true self.

My advice is to take it a day at a time, one aspect at a time.

Like you, body hair was my most dysphoric aspect and I've always hated it. So once my egg cracked back in October, I shaved everything off and dived into learning how to take care of my skin for the first time in my life. For a couple weeks, this was all I did transition wise but it was such a great foundation for me to build off of!

What started off with shaving off the hair that always destroyed my confidence ended up being the first time I ever did anything for my self. Especially the self care aspect. I now shower more often, use lotion, facial cleansers and even nail oil as I focus on improving my fingernail health. It's helped give me a source of consistent euphoria (as long as I keep up on it) and gave me the confidence to move on to bigger more noticable changes like dressing femme and makeup ❤️

Try and enjoy the small moments of happiness as they come. Enjoy smelling the roses ❤️

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