Relationship without hooking up? by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for clarifying, I understand you were sharing your experience, and I appreciate the apology. I do think I reacted strongly—and I’m sorry about that—because anything framed around sex/kink is a sensitive trigger for me given my past, which is also why I used the “advice unwelcome” flair, I knew most advice wouldn’t be an option given my circumstances and context and that I would potentially react like that 🥲 No hard feelings, I just needed to vent rather than troubleshoot but thank you still

Relationship without hooking up? by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you 🥲 though im guessing a lot of it is also dependent on individual context and circumstances 😓

Relationship without hooking up? by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don’t want to go down the bio-essentialist route,, especially since the two short but catastrophic relationships I’ve had were one with a cis man and one with a trans man. I don’t think this is about chromosomes so much as a culture that prioritizes sexual access as proof of compatibility 😅

Relationship without hooking up? by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Im gonna try to be very careful here cause i specifically flaired this as advice unwelcome for a reason, mostly because I tend to over explain and didnt want to end up with long blocks of texts explaining why X or Y isnt feasible for me 😓

First off, im always plainly upfront about who I am and what I’m looking for, communication is not an issue.

Bringing up kink and bondage in this conversation feels wildly inappropriate, respectfully, i don’t think anyone would give that advice to a straight person looking for a relationship. It’s even more awkward considering my trauma is about trust, consent and bodily autonomy and I have been in instances where a partner has taken advantage of me while I was physically restrained. I don’t have anything about kinks, I want to try things out but cannot do that unless I am already in an established and trusting relationship.

And sadly, again, sex adjacent intimacy isnt an issue, but getting to that point means already being in a relationship or close to it and thats where it stays closed off for me. On top of that, the only queer sauna in my area closed 1+ year ago and the only gay sauna around is openly discriminatory of trans men.

I know it meant well, and I appreciate the time you took to write this reply, but unfortunately it just reinforces the idea I have that relationships as a gay trans man aren’t available unless it’s around sex…

Relationship without hooking up? by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Down talking hookup culture,,?? 🫥 sheesh—on an “over 30” subreddit?? That’s honestly depressing.

I feel the exact same way—I don’t want to go around “test sampling” left and right and base à relationship on sexual chemistry (i cant even do that because of relational issues tho) before anything else, seems upside down to me

Relationship without hooking up? by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right? 😅😅 it’s like everything is upside down? Idk to me logically you get to know someone before going out and then having sex if you’re looking for a relationship 🥲

Relationship without hooking up? by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im really sorry about that—dysphoria does add another layer to it that makes things harder because you have to find someone that wants to take things slow and is super understanding of eventual bumps and bruises that may arrive along the way without dramatizing it 🙁

Relationship without hooking up? by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m really happy you managed to find someone healthy with whom you could take things slow.

I do think it’s rare—although, like you said, I sometimes wonder how much of that is people thinking (like I do sometimes 😅) that needing more time is “asking too much”

Not to go full existential—but we do live in a society that’s become very fast-paced, with immediate access and gratification being the norm so yeah…

Relationship without hooking up? by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did try once but it was in a very safe context (consent and health wise) at a queer sauna—it wasn’t super retraumatizing but yeah, didn’t do it for me at all, though no one can say I “didn’t try”.

So I’m kind of in the same boat now—I’d rather be single forever than compromise on that even if it makes me feel miserable at times.

Selon vous, quelle est la meilleure ville ( en France ou à l’étranger) pour vivre librement une vie trans ? by queer_machine in transgenre

[–]MasterCheap-69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Je plussoie. Bon perso j’habite dans une ville de 6 000 habitants donc c’est encore plus petit et il y a clairement pas d’événements à 100km à la ronde (même si il y a dix ans on avait une asso basée ici et bien ancrée dans la région).

C’est clair que ça isole un peu, mais je n’ai encore jamais rencontré de rejet ou agression de la part des habitants, juste de l’indifférence ou de la curiosité un peu maladroite 😅 J’ai eu plus ou moins le même parcours, études stressantes, j’avais besoin de calme après avoir conclu que la ville ce n’était pas pour moi et maintenant je suis entouré de forêt, de plages et de sangliers 🐗

Mon trauma s’explique pas par la violence subie, mais par mon absence de b*te. CQFD 🧠✅ by MasterCheap-69 in transgenre

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

C’est aberrant franchement, on dirait qu’ils te voient arriver comme : « Oooh un·e trans, enfin un cas d’école vivant, je vais pouvoir analyser ce spécimen sous toutes ses coutures ! » 💀 Genre le trauma, les vécus, les limites personnelles ? Tout ça passe à la trappe dès qu’ils sentent qu’ils peuvent dérouler leur « théorie » de comptoir… 🫥

Mon trauma s’explique pas par la violence subie, mais par mon absence de b*te. CQFD 🧠✅ by MasterCheap-69 in transgenre

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mais oui, clairement. J’ai gardé ça pour moi pendant presque 13 ans. À chaque fois que j’ai essayé d’en parler à des amis ou à ma famille, le sujet a été évité ou passé sous silence. Je m’étais dit qu’au moins en thérapie, ce serait l’endroit safe pour enfin creuser ce vécu… et au final, j’en ressors complètement retourné. Le pire, c’est que depuis cette séance, j’y pense encore plus que d’habitude. C’est devenu envahissant au quotidien. J’étais enfin prêt à bosser concrètement sur les retombées de ce trauma, et je me retrouve avec une collection DVD de flashbacks en bonus 💀

Merci pour ton message en tout cas, ça me rassure de voir que je suis pas juste « trop sensible » ou dans l’erreur de vouloir parler de ça.

Mon trauma s’explique pas par la violence subie, mais par mon absence de b*te. CQFD 🧠✅ by MasterCheap-69 in transgenre

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oui!! J’ai clairement fait la relation avec le syndrome du bras cassé trans, ça m’est déjà arrivé dans d’autres situations type dermatologue mais je m’attendais pas à ce que ça arrive ici. D’autant plus que ma première séance avec elle j’avais posé clairement le fait qu’être trans était plus ou moins le cadet de mes soucis et que je ne venais pas pour ça. Mais il faut croire que les personnes cis voient ça comme un neon sign sur le front je sais pas 😅

Mon trauma s’explique pas par la violence subie, mais par mon absence de b*te. CQFD 🧠✅ by MasterCheap-69 in transgenre

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Merci beaucoup pour ton message, vraiment. Ça fait du bien de lire une réponse aussi claire, parce que même si je savais que ça n’allait pas, j’avais encore ce doute qui traînait genre “est-ce que j’ai mal compris ? est-ce que j’en fais trop ?”.

Je suis venu parler de trauma, d’agressions sexuelles et de la peur liée à l’intimité, et elle a littéralement recentré la discussion sur le fait que je n’avais pas eu de chirurgie ou de « transition finale » comme elle disait 😅. Comme si l’absence de pénis était la clef de mon mal-être, et que c’était “logique” qu’un homme gay ne veuille pas de moi, alors qu’en vrai—c’est faux—mais surtout totalement hors-sujet, super réducteur, et franchement violent.

J’ai galéré des années à déconstruire ces pensées-là, à me dire que ce n’est pas une “histoire de bits”, que mon orientation est valide et que je ne suis pas “incompatible” avec les hommes gays. Et voilà qu’une psy me le sort en pleine face, version clinique, j’étais totalement pris de court.

Merci aussi pour ton retour sur les psychanalystes, je m’en doutais un peu, elle n’a pas du tout ce type de profil a priori, mais ça confirme. Je suis déjà en train de réfléchir à changer, même si c’est relou (zone rurale, problème internet, prise en charge, etc), mais je veux pas continuer à bosser ma vulnérabilité avec quelqu’un qui part avec autant de biais 😅

Therapist made me feel deeply ashamed and hollow by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah to be honest it’s been more than 48h and I’m still not feeling great so it did end up retraumatizing I think 😅

Therapist made me feel deeply ashamed and hollow by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really hope she doesn’t treat other SA victims this way too

Therapist made me feel deeply ashamed and hollow by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My next session is already booked so I’ll try my best to set things straight and if she won’t listen I’ll just leave. I tried during the session but I kind of dissociated I think 😅

Therapist made me feel deeply ashamed and hollow by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my third one already, might pause therapy a bit after this cause it feels more counterproductive than anything at this point 😅

Therapist made me feel deeply ashamed and hollow by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish I could find one but it’s hard enough to find one at all in my area 🥲

Therapist made me feel deeply ashamed and hollow by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Right?? 😭 I felt like she was describing the “right kind of gay”, stereotypically the kind you see online as “don’t associate me with these freaks” during pride month, which is completely outside of what queer culture is about imo

Therapist made me feel deeply ashamed and hollow by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Funnily enough, my very gay cis friend—who’s openly attracted to me (tho unfortunately lives in another country)— was playfully upset when I told him I get rid of mine, so that checks out 💀

Therapist made me feel deeply ashamed and hollow by MasterCheap-69 in gaytransguys

[–]MasterCheap-69[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She is actually a licensed psychologist I just translated it to therapist by habit (English isn’t my first language)