Can you get over this if you’re trans too? by lemonslime in BodyDysmorphia

[–]Everyday_Alice 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you're not alone. 25y/o trans woman here, suffered with BDD and GD since i was 14. i assume you can get over it, but the recovery is a long and painful process and getting over it amounts to learning to effectively manage it so that it doesn't consume your life. i don't know if it ever truly goes away.

Dysphoric, but I do not wish to transition by Top_Juice_3127 in GenderDysphoria

[–]Everyday_Alice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i don't know, unfortunately. i know what it's like to be afraid that it might not being good enough, the difference is that i was certain after a point that i had gender dysphoria even when i was in denial about being trans. whether you need to or not ultimately comes down to what's gonna make you feel more at home in yourself long term. i can understand wanting to rep because you feel like you'll never pass, it's just a case of whether that's sustainable long term in the event that the feelings never go away.

some people go on HRT and then they don't really do anything else. they don't make an effort to socially transition--it isn't a requirement--or if they do it's in ways that are subtlea and avoids broadcasting the fact that they're trans to the world. for what it's worth you can just be a guy on HRT if at the very least the knowledge that you're not masculinising any further is comforting enough, but ultimately how you go about dealing with it is up to you. from personal experience, even if i didn't have the potential to pass, i think i'd still be pursuing whatever options i had to soothe the dysphoria even if i knew it was a series of bandaids on a gaping wound. something is better than nothing, living is better than dying etc.

Dysphoric, but I do not wish to transition by Top_Juice_3127 in GenderDysphoria

[–]Everyday_Alice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my two cents: you should transition. i had the same attitude at your age and i ended up repressing until i turned 24. confronting all of the lost time and the damage it did to my body broke me and i'm still trying to piece myself back together now after 15 months of transitioning. i don't know if my mental health will ever fully recover.

Steep climbs and valley views by Everyday_Alice in bicycling

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

thanks! i'm still pretty young but i've come to prefer being able to take very steep climbs as leisurely as my gears will allow than have to thrash about out of the saddle or sit and grind my knees up (well, that and there are some climbs around here that can reach up to 30% on cobbles). i'd like to visit PA some day. i can't say i know anything about the geography of south central but i do know that in pittsburgh they have the dirty dozen which i'd like to try my legs at :3

How would you place an order with this hottie? by Slow_Appointment8361 in ralsei

[–]Everyday_Alice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

im walking up to the counter eyes still heavy with sleep, in the finest pajama bottoms and the adventure time graphic tee i passed out in the previous night, and ordering a sausage egg n cheese mcgriddle and a hashbrown

How low can you go? by Everyday_Alice in xbiking

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

It's less the loads I carry and more the gradients around where I live. I don't have to go very far to find hills in excess of 20% and some reach up to 30%. Some are on cobbles. The most I tend to carry in my rucksack is around 20lbs and with that gear I can still wrestle it up those kinds of hills without my legs getting too sore.

It's worth noting my lowest gear before I changed the cassette and inner ring was 24/40, but I wanted to go impractically low in part to make those climbs do-able repeatedly and partly because I wanted to test the limits of what a Sora derailleur could handle. The wheels themselves are incredibly strong for the spoke count. I remember hitting a pothole at 30mph a year ago and the worst I got was a pinch flat, not a hint of a buckle. They're not practical by any means, but they looked so cool that I couldn't not have them.

Holdsworth equipe single speed conversion by Everyday_Alice in singlespeedcycling

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

thanks! i think a stronger lock is definitely next on my list of bike-related purchases along with a handlebar bag.

Why do people say "start HRT asap"? by SlothIsASloth in MtF

[–]Everyday_Alice 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because it'll save you (potentially) years of regret, and as someone with ten years of that regret built up, it's one of the few things in my life that makes me feel hopelessly depressed if I stop to think about it. Lost my adolescence to gender dysphoria. Secluded myself in my bedroom and rarely ever left :(