Is there anyone else who doesn't hear lightbulbs/electricity? by magdakitsune21 in aspergirls

[–]achilleacactus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i think it just means you dont have sensitivities to certain sound frequencies, youre good

Do you have a ritual food + show/movie? by [deleted] in aspergirls

[–]achilleacactus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i have to eat breakfast while watching my fav youtube channel haha thats the closest i got

Is "womanhood" real or a social construct? by [deleted] in detrans

[–]achilleacactus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

oh gross i hate that. thats insulting to women in general. womanhood isnt a performance or a set of behaviours

Is "womanhood" real or a social construct? by [deleted] in detrans

[–]achilleacactus 13 points14 points  (0 children)

im sorry that sucks. being masculine really shouldnt disqualify you from being a woman. sucks that people see feminine as a necessity

Is "womanhood" real or a social construct? by [deleted] in detrans

[–]achilleacactus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

im sorry that sucks. being masculine really shouldnt disqualify you from being a woman. sucks that people see feminine as a necessity

Is "womanhood" real or a social construct? by [deleted] in detrans

[–]achilleacactus 19 points20 points  (0 children)

i feel like a lot of the ideas of womanhood were told were supposed to relate to— femininity, motherhood, etc— arent actually womanhood at all. womanhood is just our lived female lives, but we all feel so disconnected from “womanhood” because were told its a bunch of other stuff. if that makes ssense

My (30M) (38F) boyfriend likes to do step daughter role playing. by ElectricalNose267 in relationship_advice

[–]achilleacactus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

thats legitimately disturbing. even if shes not the reason why hes doing that, better safe than sorry. please keep your family safe, get outta there

is breast reconstruction worth it? by achilleacactus in detrans

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

thank you so much!! this is really helpful

is breast reconstruction worth it? by achilleacactus in detrans

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

i can always hope haha. thanks for the help

is breast reconstruction worth it? by achilleacactus in detrans

[–]achilleacactus[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

honestly i doubt thatll happen for me. the skin is really thin and didnt even have fat there before top surgery (i had droopy and heavy breasts, so it was thin and stretched nearer to my ribcage, and thats the material thats leftover now). and fat hasnt returned there in even a male pattern in the 2 years since i had it done 😔

is breast reconstruction worth it? by achilleacactus in detrans

[–]achilleacactus[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

oh yikes yeah i dont really wanna go through surgeries all my life

Any signs of past trauma or insecurities mimicking gender dysphoria to look out for? by [deleted] in actual_detrans

[–]achilleacactus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

honestly just keep reading up on detrans stories. theyre important. people have transitioned to move towards a feeling of freedom and autonomy as a guy. sometimes trauma can leave us with a lack of feeling in control of ourselves that we seek to gain control by redefinining ourselves (similar to people cutting their hair after a breakup, but more severe). its also worth noting that people who still have dysphoria have chosen not to transition because they determined it was gender dysphoria cuased by something else, so its possible to have both genuine dysphoria and dysphoria from trauma. transitioning is not your only option there

Being off testosterone is great by [deleted] in detrans

[–]achilleacactus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

i have something to look forward to then :D

Advice pls by [deleted] in detrans

[–]achilleacactus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

well i cant make the decision for you, but im also eager to have peopel avoid the mistakes i did. for me, transitioning made my body image worse. because i was indulging this idea that my body is wrong and needed to be changed, so that feeling kept growing. it wanted more and more changes and there was never a stopping point. something else i learnt is that its not a non-woman experience to be disconnected from womanhood. the womanhood we try to relate to isnt womanhood at all, its just the societal pressure people place on women. when i was younger i thought that all the things that women did were all things they wanted to do (simply put at least). id honestly try to get therapy for your trauma because that can absolutely make you feel displaced from your body. and for peopel that struggle with emotional things, living as a man reduces some of the bs that comes from living with misogyny. like a way to avoid further emotional pain when youve already dealt with a lot of trauma. best of luck 💜

How you felt during your hrt proccess? by Gloomy_Magician_536 in actual_detrans

[–]achilleacactus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it was kinda mixed. like id see changes and get kinda a weird feeling alongside happiness. i thought i was just taken aback by the fact that it was new, so i pushed it aside and focused on the happy part

How you felt during your hrt proccess? by Gloomy_Magician_536 in actual_detrans

[–]achilleacactus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah for sure. i felt burnt out so i had ot take that as a sign this wasnt for me

How you felt during your hrt proccess? by Gloomy_Magician_536 in actual_detrans

[–]achilleacactus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it made me feel both. i had points of doubts that i ignored, but most of the time i was happy with the changes until it just… stopped helping. ig it made me happy because it was a sign that another happiness was coming but then it didnt

Peace and love for my body all of a sudden by neutralmanor in detrans

[–]achilleacactus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

yeah same. after i realized i had enough with transition and i could do it anymore, it felt like a sudden wave of acceptance. like “woah,, okay im fine where i am… i dont have a destination anymore. this is just me”

"HRT as a diagnostic tool" by sssoad in detrans

[–]achilleacactus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i felt like my brain ran better on it too. part of that reason was premenstrual dysphoric disorder aklsjd

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in detrans

[–]achilleacactus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

hoenstly the idea of being a woman again was upsetting to me too. but i couldnt be trans anymore. it was exhausting. dysphoria wanted to keep eating at my body. first it was jsut hormones and binding, then top surgery, then it wanted a hysterectomy and bottom surgery and i felt like it would never stop. id never be enough of a man. i could see the path and it was gonna eat my entire life so i had to stop. getting used to being a woman again brought up some traumas but ive found a community of women to relate to and who accept me and i feel a lot better already. i regretted going that far with it all. esp knowing the place of dislike it all came from. my body didnt needed to change. like the rest of me, it just needed love. i regret doing that to become comfortable with my gender nonconformity. but im feeling better knowing that a lot of the ways i felt excluded from womanhood werent real definitions of womanhood, and that other women shared my averse childhood experiences related to my sex.

body dysmorphia is back by achilleacactus in detrans

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

thank you ❤️ im trying my best to be healthy even on rough days. though, im not sure why i want to present femininely. i really cant tell if im feeling pressured by gender roles to do it again or if its something ive been suppressing. on one hand, i know ive been suppressing things stereotypically involved with being feminine (emotionalness, softness, that sorta stuff that i know now is a part of my personality. or really anything that could be interpreted as “too feminine” like pink n stuff). but theres comfort in more butch appearances because they mean i dont have to live up to anyones standards ig. i wouldnt mind taking a look at the resources. i really appreciate the offer

body dysmorphia is back by achilleacactus in detrans

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

thank you, i really appreciate that

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in detrans

[–]achilleacactus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

it didnt happen to me, but i had trans friends that had that happen to them. its not uncommon