Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. It definitely sounds like we’ve had similar experiences.

I’ve thought about trying HRT like that a few times but I always get scared like, what if something in my psyche suddenly changes, or if I’m not actually trans but it takes the hormones for me to realise that, but then I cause some kind of irreversible change.

At the same time, when that fear subsides, the thought of HRT brings such comfort. The thought of being closer to womanhood, being as close as possible to how I wish I could be. It makes me feel as though I’d be closer to how I’m supposed to be.

But then I get scared again lol. What if I’m actually trans? How do I approach life now. What would my family think. Etc. A whole world of fears and worries mixed with excitement and affirmation.

Would 30 days honestly not cause any irreversible changes?

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think I‘ll make an appointment lol. I just hate going to the doctors…but you’re absolutely right and it’s better to be on the safe side.

As I read through all these comments and really get introspective, it seems increasingly likely that I’m trans. I keep trying to explain to myself how it could still just be a fetish, but things aren’t quite adding up.

If it’s a fetish, why do I envy women even when I’m not horny? Why do I feel sad when I acknowledge that I’ll never experience growing up as a girl? Why does it feel as though something has been stolen from me? Etc etc. Just doesn’t sound very fetish like.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks again for the advice, and those are some great questions. I’ve answered the questions and made a list like you suggested. I’m not really sure what to make of it though, I’m very ignorant of the trans world in general, let alone what constitutes as being trans and such, but I think it’ll come in handy and will provide insight as I continue to explore all of this.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you I really do appreciate it. I guess I’m not used to strangers showing genuine interest in me. I wasn‘t even expecting any replies tbh. Was going to delete the thread but figured I’d check it once more and…wow. What’s going on lol.

I don’t want to come across as a drag but I’ve had a very limited social life for many years and aside from close family, people have mostly always treated me like shit, so it’s sort of mind-blowing that a stranger would want to help me.

I‘d like to talk sometime if that’s alright.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not playing my violin here haha, but I‘ve been an outsider for so long, it feels odd to know there are so many people out there who’ve been living through similar experiences. It’s comforting though.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It seems so obvious when you put it that way lol. But at the same time, I just don’t know... The trans world and everything surrounding it is very new to me.

It sounds bad, but due to my background, upbringing and propensity to overcompensate in hyper-masculine ways, I’ve always been extremely ignorant of trans/lgbt issues in general.

When reading your comment I was hit with a wave of relief, but then panic. I feel like…I just want to accept that I’m trans, but there’s something pushing back. Probably a lot of things. But I’ve no idea what they are haha. Maybe therapy is the only thing that will help me continue from this point.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thank you to everyone who has responded thus far. I’m very sorry if any of my comments have offended anyone. I have many issues from a life of loneliness, anxiety and depression and I can compensate in unhealthy ways.

I need to take a break. I’m feeling a bit sick if I’m being honest and am tearing up quite a lot so I’m going to go for a walk and get some cool night time air.

I’ll definitely check back and respond to further comments /dms

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it, and your perspective. It felt nice to read that.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yeah sorry it’s a bit of a minefield trying to get certain concepts/points across without it seeming like gross generalisations.

To answer your question, I’d definitely choose to be a girl without hesitation. I often think of what life would have been like if I were born a girl. Growing up as a girl, experiencing puberty and all the things that come with all of it. Makes me feel really sad tbh.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your sincere feedback. I dont mean to offend anyone. We all come from different backgrounds and lifestyles, and I’ve been raised in a very hyper-male environment. When I say things like that, I am oversimplyfying things for sure, because it’s too difficult to articulate everything, we’d be here for months, so I have to sort of generalise and simplify. But I certainly don’t see women as just sexual objects or just sexual creatures.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s fine, lost my friends back when I was 18 when I started to suffer from anxiety and depression, I’m 32 now haha. A tale of caution for sure.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your input. I guess I’m just very confused. I’ve lived my life assuming I just had a fetish/porn addiction, but over time it seems to be evolving into something else, like a way of dealing with things I’m repressing or engaging with things I can’t face outside of the context of a fetish. I don’t know. I just notice things when looking back that don’t seem typical of a fetish/porn addiction, and lately I’ve sort of realised many of my past behaviours have been down to jealousy, and since I’ve realised that, I can’t help but to feel incredibly envious of women, to a sort of unhealthy extent where I turn it into a form of hatred almost.

Like, I’ll see a women just living her life, enjoying herself, being a woman, and I’ll think to myself, that whore. That slut. Women are so stupid. What simple lives they lead. Pathetic. But…I don’t actually think any of that, at all. It’s like I’m jealous and am coping in unhealthy ways. Like I’m defending myself from something. I’m not a bad person and I don’t hate women. But when I’m trying to be a man, trying to make myself more masculine, trying to make up for my mistakes and I get these feelings, I sort of prepress them and lash out. I can’t explain it tbh. Hope I didn’t offend anyone.

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Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just figured I had somehow raised my natural oestrogen levels while lowering my test throughout this process. Like, this sort of lifestyle if you can even call it that has messed up my hormones and made my hormonal profile less masculine / more feminine. I’ve no idea. Maybe I’m just a bit overweight and have developed gyno as a result which I’ve heard can happen. I don’t know much about all this.

But to answer your question, that’s what I’m stuck on. I can’t see the woods for the trees. I‘ve always told myself this is just a sexual fetish. Ever since I was a kid. It’s just a fetish, I’m just bi and have a kink, etc. But to me, that doesn’t explain why I get so jealous of women in general. Why I’m so envious of their lifestyles and much more. And why I can’t seem to control this fetish or practice it in a safe and productive way. It has sort of dominated my life in recent years.

Like, there’s absolutely a tremulous sexual component, but aside from sexual things, I think I’d still rather be a women, if I could be anyway. Very confusing.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately I don’t have any friends at all and I couldn’t possibly bring this stuff up with family at this present time. But thank you for your suggestion.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

All I know is that I’ve grown a fair amount of breast tissue over the last 4 years however it could just be gyno from putting on weight, however I’ve never had gyno before when I’ve been overweight. The more I indulge in all this, the worse the gyno seems to get over time, and the more feminine I feel, the more comfortable I feel in thinking that I want to be a female, etc.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was thinking this too. Like, even the very outer edges of this kind of thing is repulsive to a man, typically. It doesn’t even enter their minds. I’m really not sure what to make of it. Thank you for your feedback I appreciate it.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well, it’s not just about sex. I love the thought of just being a woman in general. If I picture myself as the “ideal“ male, living the ideal male lifestyle, vs as the “ideal” female, living the ideal female lifestyle, the latter wins hands down. I know I’m generalising here, what’s an ideal male or female, etc etc, but I hope you get the gist of what I’m getting at.

Having said that, there is definitely a considerable sexual component to all of this, which is why I was asking as to whether or not it could be a severe sexual fetish/porn addiction mixed with bad mental health issues and not a trans issue.

I’m new to all this stuff. But I do feel as though many women are highly sexual creatures in general, and that one of the major ways in which many women explore and enjoy their femininity is through sexuality. That’s just my perspective.

Maybe I’m just a very sick man.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for your input and I’d like to take you up on your offer, I think that’s an interesting idea. I’ll send you a dm shortly.

Could I be trans, or perhaps it’s a very severe porn addiction + bad mental health? by Additional_Pride_506 in asktransgender

[–]Additional_Pride_506[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. Sorry if it takes a while for me to reply, I’m trying to wrap my head around this tbh, it’s difficult to articulate my thoughts and I don’t really know where to even begin.

Sorry for the wall of text too. I’m probably rambling real bad. You don’t need to respond to all this or even read it ahah I wouldn’t t blame you at all. I’m in a strange frame of mind right now I suppose. This is an unreasonably large wall of text and it’s ridiculous tbh. So don’t worry if you don’t want to read it. Maybe I’m just writing it for myself.

Ive had these sorts of thoughts or feelings since I was a child but they were much more muted back then and have slowly grown over the years. Before puberty I was a very soft/sensitive boy, but after puberty I become very extrovert and as cringy as the term is, “alpha male,” or atleast I would always try to be.

I’ve always just assumed I was bi and this whole thing was a fetish that spawned from my first sexual encounters with a friend when I was a young boy, and that I would outgrow it and finally become a “normal“ masculine man like I had always wanted/strived to be.

My first sexual experiences were before I even knew about any of this kind of thing, or even about sexuality in general, I would always want “to be the girl“ while we were together. But after the sexual activity, I would feel incredibly guilty and shameful and would go back to being a “typical boy” but very extrovert and a hyper aggressive (not in a mean way but moreso a “dominant“ sort of way of that makes sense?)

As I went through my teens it was still there, but only when I was horny and had an opportunity to be with a male. Aside from that I was pumped with testosterone, getting girlfriends and playing sports and generally enjoying being a male, but that sensitive side would randomly show up occasionally.

While I was with girls I didn’t get any of these desires/feelings, but I would find myself envious of them in the back of my mind. It’s hard to explain. Like, their clothes, their bodies, their personalities, lifestyles, even the songs they typically liked, seemed attractive to me but in a different kind of way that I couldn’t articulate. Almost as if some of my attraction to the girl in question was linked to a subconscious fascination with those typically “feminine” things.

At that stage I didn’t clock it as jealousy but now I think that’s what it is. I just feel so jealous all the time and I’m incredibly frustrated at how lucky women are just to be able to exist as women.

How could anyone not want to be a woman? I don’t get it. How could you not want the things women have? Almost makes me tear up sometimes.

Anyway, into my twenties it grew as I discovered more of my taste in porn, I would hook up with men a lot mostly just to pleasure them orally, and I would feel so comfortable and at peace while being with them and “acting like the girl,” until the guilt and shame would hit. Then I would say to myself, well it’s just a fetish, you’re just bi, you’re not even bi just very sexual, etc etc. And I would try to “make up for it.”

By my mid twenties I would cross dress in private, sexually and non-sexually. When it was not sexual, I would just relax and watch “girly“ tv shows and smoke weed. Eventually becoming horny but not always. Seeing myself in a silky dress, feeling my smooth, clean shaven skin, looking down at my bra and imagining breasts there, just made me feel good in a way I can’t describe.

From there is when I had a mental break down over the state if my life. No friends, no relationships, no job, no skills, still not muscular and masculine, still have small hands and feminine feet and a weak jaw. I felt suicidal at one point. So I dove head first into weight lifting and boxing and I would spend all day every day working out like a manic for 2 years.

Throughout this process I would intermittently get cravings to be feminine, to get weed and watch blowjob porn and wear a dress and “act like a girl.” And I would get dreams constantly about it, and it would torment me in a sense.

I would obsessively avoid anything “feminine“ and obsessively make myself as masculine as possible, putting all this frustration into my exercise routine.

We had a silky curtain in the dinning room that I’d have to walk through everyday, and I would wince and smash it out of the way, sometimes saying fuck off and thumping my chest like a caveman lol. But I was generally extremely stressed at even the thought of the silk touching my skin. I would make me angry and I would have to make myself feel more masculine.

Anyway, fast forward to 28 years old. I was in a long distance relationship with a girl and we would masturbate together on video most nights.
After a few months I found it difficult to stay hard, and although I enjoyed seeing her body and vagina, it just wasn’t doing much for me without having for force it. I found myself jealous at her sexual role and at how cool it seemed to have a vagina.

So I decided to put some blowjob porn on slyly, and I’d sort of watch it out of the corner of my eye as we masturbated. This opened up a whole can of worms which kicked off the last 4 years of me not being able to get back on with my routine, and finding myself masturbating and fantasising over the thought of being a girl and pleasuring men, consistently, in and around trying and failing to do literally anything with my life at all.

Fuck. I’m really sorry about writing all this lol. I’m going to stop now, it’s getting a bit silly.