16-10-2017, 10:38 AM
Oooh mental state questions, the hardest ones to answer.
In general I'm much happier and more comfortable with my appearance/presentation.
I never really identified strongly with masculinity before I started transitioning, so it's hard to say it was ever really a matter of "male/female" thinking. More a change of policy from self repression to allowing myself to fulfill my dreams.
Also a change of perspective, since I'm not "becoming a woman." I am a woman, I'm just trying to undo the effects of boxing this part of myself in for so long.
Other things that have changed: I thrive with human contact, I can cry, and I've developed a few new irrational fears about travelling in the dark
Things that haven't changed: I still don't do chores or have good hygiene, I still don't sleep enough, and I still don't think highly enough of myself to be confident in job searching
In general I'm much happier and more comfortable with my appearance/presentation.
I never really identified strongly with masculinity before I started transitioning, so it's hard to say it was ever really a matter of "male/female" thinking. More a change of policy from self repression to allowing myself to fulfill my dreams.
Also a change of perspective, since I'm not "becoming a woman." I am a woman, I'm just trying to undo the effects of boxing this part of myself in for so long.
Other things that have changed: I thrive with human contact, I can cry, and I've developed a few new irrational fears about travelling in the dark
Things that haven't changed: I still don't do chores or have good hygiene, I still don't sleep enough, and I still don't think highly enough of myself to be confident in job searching