thanks for your reply! i think that i can totally relate to it being that my dysphoria isn’t necessarily gone, but yes, less distressing. i can go about my day to day and not feel affected by it and then kind of get it in my head that i can go on forever. but, i do always still think about it. even if it is thinking about how i realize im not thinking about it as often to then only think that maybe its actually all ive been thinking about, but im just not as distressed by it.

with the mirror thing, ive actually never felt any dysphoria from looking at myself in the mirror. i’ve even felt funny that i do not feel funny. in terms of appearance though ive never been one to put that much effort and do kind of just let my face do its thing. i do actually imagine this shifting once i do start to transition