cant have anything nice can we
(midwest.social)
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Trans Memestranscription: trans people: hormones have made me finally feel good about and at home in my body for the first time in my life. cis people: but arent you worried that might be irreversible?
"Don't get my hopes up!"
Look I'm super disappointed and all that there's not a safe way to alter my body to the degree that I want, whenever I want. Setting aside my ideal world though, in terms of options currently on the table, yeah it may not be as powerful or complete as I yearn for but good is not the the enemy of great. Other things are preventing us from improving, but our current HRT and gender affirming options are saving people's lives - like mine.
Occasionally I'll see someone say something along the lines of:
"I just wonder if they'll feel the same about it in ten years. I think we'll start seeing a lot of regret from all these young folks rushing into it."
Yet here I am, ten years plus transition, continuing to exist.
so many times i had to explain to people (and i am not out that long), that coming out as trans doesnt start a crisis. it end's one. (as long as ppl leave you alone.)
They don’t see the years of internal turmoil that comes with dysphoria, so it seems “new” to them, I guess.
Every single trans person I’ve known was so much happier and more vibrant once they came out and could live more truly as themselves, though. It’s not a coincidence.
i'd say its not only that they don't know how i felt before. it's "the inherent tragedy of trans identities" that ppl learned from different media: every day a fight, everything precarious ... wIlL aNyOnE eVeR lOvE tHeM?
i'd answer: "sir, this is a wendy's."
that's the plan...
I'm more worry that it won't make me feel good about and at home in my body. It would mean to lose the last hope.
Besides that, don't you have to be for a considerable amount of time on HRT for it to be irreversible? I have no idea tbh
Depends on the HRT. T is fairly fast acting, so things like vocal cord growth and activation of hair follicles could happen quickly. The latter can be fixed via laser hair removal though. Voice training can be used to compensate for the vocal cord growth, but voice training 😱
E, you'll get some breast tissue fairly quickly, but unless like you are doing a physical examination with the intentional of finding such, it doesn't really matter. Also, boys getting mastectomies for gynecomastia is an option, albeit I'd say anything requiring surgery to change is "permanent".
The most immediate meaningful irreversible effect is getting peace from not being constantly poisoned by your own body brings. I didn't know if I HRT was right for me (NB), but within a week I was pretty sure I would continue indefinitely and after getting the dosage fixed, I knew for sure I would never give it up easily. Before, I dissociated through life without really realizing it and without really knowing an alternative. Now that I know better is possible it would be hard to take that away.
yeah i think the effects of HRT are partially reversible in the sense that some effects go back to how they were previously when you stop taking the hormones. stuff like skin getting coarse again and body hair growth intensifying when you end m-t-f pills. also fat redistribution. but the reverse is only partial, i.e. it doesn't go back quite as much as you started out with.
like when you edit the shape of foam, and then stop, it partially bounces back, but only partially, it's still visible that some pressure was applied to it. :)
You're right, it takes months to see any permanent physical changes
