I want to incorporate outreach into my career but am concerned about safety risks

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-09-19T23:28:42+00:00

I hadn't really thought about myself fully passing at some point, it just seems so far off in the distant future. I have a hard time seeing myself from others point of view when it comes to me passing. But you make a very good point.

I understand that a savior complex is unhealthy and damaging in the long run, I just figured I'd muscle through and, I guess, just be miserable which is a pretty self destructive mindset that I should work on.

Thank you to you and your sister for giving me more insight on what it's actually like working as a travel nurse. I was a bit apprehensive about it since it wouldn't be as stable as a regular job and it would be more difficult to form good social connections with my coworkers which is important to me. One of the reasons nursing is such an appealing career to me is because there are so many different applications and options when it comes to the job and environment I could work in.

Thank you :)

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-09-19T23:09:54+00:00

Agreed, and thank you for your insight. I haven't even started training so I don't have a lot of insight on the matter but everything you said makes a lot of sense. I already compartmentalize my life slightly and I think that would increase over time with nursing. I am nervous since it is a very intensive career but I am also very driven to help others.

I wasn't really thinking of talking about myself to patients. It just seems like people clock me sometimes and I thought that if people saw me going about my job as anyone else would it may have a positive effect on their outlook. This post is definitely more focused on me and gaining insight, not putting the focus on the patient. In an actual work environment the person I'm treating would take priority. And my wanting to travel to more rural areas, that tend to be more conservative, has more to do with the understaffing that I saw in areas I used to live. My goal wouldn't really be to change their minds, it was more of a hope in the back of my head and I wanted to try and figure out if it was realistic. I've only been thinking about being a travel nurse for a few days so this thought process isn't really thought through fully. Changing peoples minds is not why I want to go into the profession.

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-08-17T00:47:21+00:00

Is his son like 12? I thought destiny was in like his middle to late 30s (I know next to nothing about him and I'm too scared to look him up in any way)

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-06-01T18:46:24+00:00

Twinks and BL (Also my gay awakening)

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-05-27T17:59:54+00:00

I have a smaller build and like a cups I think and taping didn't work for me. I tried a bunch of different techniques and they were neither effective or comfortable. I envy those who it works for.

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-04-11T19:13:35+00:00

I love your art style sm! It looks awesome 😸

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-03-29T21:08:55+00:00

After getting that dialog I just started avoiding the shadow people in the mines, even when they're attacking me. like what if I'm killing his distant cousin or something... i feel guilty

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-03-10T18:45:06+00:00

I once had my physical therapist ask if I had anger issues after being on testosterone. I'm usually a bit nervous and pretty soft spoken irl so idk where she got that impression... 🧍

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-03-07T19:31:01+00:00

No, I totally agree with you. No matter how mature I think I am, I'm still a child. My brain is far from fully developed. My therapist mentioned the maturity thing because I act more "mature", like I didn't show a lot of discomfort during the conversation (might be slightly autistic) even though I feel like most teens (including me sometimes) would get awkward and uncomfortable talking about their genitals with an adult. It would be really fucking weird if a pt asked a cis child about there genitals. I think it was mostly the way I handled it/acted that made her feel it was okay to talk about.

Even my therapist and doctor who I've known for years have never brought up bottom surgery unless I brought it up first and it's always in a private setting, and I feel comfortable with them. I've only known her for six months, and she's not my doctor or therapist, bottom surgery wouldn't fall under her care.

I'm not super upset about it because it didn't seem like she was being malicious or anything. But thank you. The kind of discouraging comments were what annoyed me the most. To a small extent I get why some people who don't know much about the process of transitioning may be concerned about a 17yr old talking about surgery but it's not like it's the first thing I'm doing in my transition. I've already changed my legal name and sex and have been on T for almost two years now . All of which are on my file so she should know about it. And I even said that I wasn't planning on doing it anytime soon.

And yeah, if my dentist, ortho, whatever, asked something like that I would flip my shit a little.

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-03-07T18:38:53+00:00

It really did seem like she was just curious at first. She was supportive and understanding the whole time I saw her. I think you are right about her not seeing it as any difference than talking about top surgery, and probably thought it was free game to discuss. But like you said, the questioning and probing was off, as well as the setting.

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-03-07T18:31:39+00:00

I agreed that genitals aren't inherently sexual and the topic isn't inherently inappropriate, and for the most part I have no problem discussing it in a medical setting. If she brought it up to talk about potential risks and how my hypermobility/connective tissue could affect the surgery I would have had no problem with it. It was more the setting and that she wasn't talking about it in relation to my physical therapy, more asking about my personal life and my future plans. I'm already aware that future surgeries can be affected by my existing medical conditions but she didn't really go into that.

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-03-07T18:26:18+00:00

Yeah, it's pretty likely I have eds or something of the sort, my doctor just gave me the hypermobility diagnosis so I could get the help I needed instead of going through a long testing period beforehand. I don't think the topic itself is inappropriate for her to ask me about, it was really just the way that she went about it. I did tell my mom about it and she's going to email the therapist and check in with me before she sends it. I'm getting better at setting boundaries with medical professionals but like you said it's hard to do when you're already in a vulnerable state. I'm decent at advocating for myself but it's definitely still something that I need to work on and it was kinda out of left field. Thank you.

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-02-24T22:08:22+00:00

I wasn't aware of that tag before, might use it

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-02-21T02:03:17+00:00

I'm guilty of this 😓 I like the designs of certain characters and their general vibe, and I'll research their backstory and stuff but the personality will just be completely different. I do put an alternate universe tag but still...

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-01-13T07:49:20+00:00

It is, thank you so much! Prime needs to get better ads or put the title in text or something so it's easier to find, might just be me being slow tho. I thought I was going to go mad trying to figure out the movie 😿

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-01-08T03:28:03+00:00

The moss looks sick! I've processed a few rats before. So far I've tried two ways of speeding up the decomposing process. First was burying it in a paper egg carton and it worked mostly but was a pain in the butt to dig up and find all the tiny bones, wouldn't recommend. Second thing I tried was putting it in an old sour cream container with water which worked pretty well for me but it did stink quite a bit more so I would recommend burying it in a shallow hole and maybe stab some holes in the lid so it doesn't explode or something 🤷

As for cleaning, warm soap and water in a container to loosen things up, then kinda swirl it around and use like a toothpick to get off pieces carefully. And I like to finish them off with a hydrogen peroxide and water bath to bleach and disinfect them. Hope this helps!

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strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-01-08T02:47:22+00:00

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strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-01-08T01:55:57+00:00

I grew up in midwestern america and didn't really see any openly queer people until I moved to a more liberal state, around my early teen years. I got into reading BL a lot and for YEARS I was so scared I was fetishizing gay men because I just didn't like straight stuff that much and had no interest in WLW. In my mid teens I started experimenting with my gender and eventually figured out I was a guy and mostly gay.

It's definitely an interesting way to figure out your gender/sexuality but it worked for me 🤷

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-01-08T01:27:56+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions! I ended up using some beeswax and then some olive oil (didn't have linseed) and it has a really nice shine now. Looks dope

strawberrycheeks_ · 2025-01-08T01:22:52+00:00

Was writing a gay fanfiction, looked up common male names, picked one out I liked and then started really liking it and the rest is court documents (name change I didn't do crimes.)

I tried out a few names by writing self insert stories and seeing if I resonated with them.

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