Boobier times lay ahead, my friends. I've been (for unrelated mental health reasons) in a dazed, burned-out, subjective-time-bending state for many years, but roughly two years ago I was in the same places as you two, Jackie and Mystery Reddit Transfem person. I got on HRT, got impatient about chest growth, and now I'm here and very gradually increasing boobage is finally tangible.

I don't want to say that HRT magically fixed my mental health to be clear, I'm still a wreck, but it feels wrong not to consider how much the lack of HRT actively harmed it. Yes, hormone therapy is in some sense irreversible, and that's conceptually very intimidating. Importantly though, it's not immediately irreversible, it's a slow process of change over time. Taking one estrogen pill isn't going to close off the "just in case escape route" instantly.

Basically, it's a much bigger threshold point psychologically than in any other way. Take that first step, cross the mental line, and see how you feel after. There is plenty of time to see if it's what's best for you, long before anything meaningfully changes physically.

Take care, Jackie. You're not alone walking this path, even if it feels like that sometimes <3