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just feeling unusually happy today, but I attribute most of my happy days to transition (particularly estrogen), and in case it's helpful or motivating, others should know it really can get better, just keep trying

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[-] Lumelore 19 points 1 month ago

Same. Sometimes I simply just think about the fact that I am a woman and it makes me feel so happy. I still have occasional dysphoric days but they've been getting less frequent the further along I get.

[-] dandelion 16 points 1 month ago

I literally could not believe a life like I have now was even a possibility when I started my transition, I guess how I feel is that failed to "plan for success". I was only prepared to live the rest of my life as a grumpy, man-shaped "woman". This is so far from that 🥰

[-] Bryllyg@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

I started HRT last October. It feels like I've come a long way in just these few months and I know there's tons more to learn and form new habits around and I can't wait to tackle each thing and figure it out. I was never like this before. I never had this much drive to better myself and live each moment treating life like the precious thing it is. 10 or 20 years ago I couldn't fathom the level of happiness I feel today since coming out. I never saw how deep a hole I was really in back then until I got out of it.

what has helped me more than becoming a woman or trying to become a woman is the simple thought that "there is no such thing as a woman". it's all a made-up category and i live better when i reject the meaningfulness of such a category in the first place. language is all made-up and we can just call things however we like.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 month ago

i take 500% more selfies since my hair grew longer :)

[-] maya@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

My hair is not that long (still the longest I've ever had it), but I also totally find myself taking way more pictures of myself than before.

[-] EmilyIsTrans 12 points 1 month ago

Same here. I have my down days where everything just feels like to much but, for the first time in my life, I feel happy with who I am. I love the shape and feel of my body, I love my friends, and I'm not crushed by the chronic depression and anxiety that they told me might never improve.

[-] Smorty 10 points 1 month ago

im rrlli happi for u <3<3<3<3

[-] dandelion 4 points 1 month ago

thanks smorty!! 🫶

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago

That's so great that you're in a spot where you can feel happy. I'm cis and it took me a long loooong time to get there (occasional happy moments), so double congrats to you.

[-] lwhjp@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

Good for you!

I've been having more and more moments as well where I just stop and think, "this is awesome".

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