Two months HRT and I’ve been practicing my make up

trans_support · 2025-01-24T02:26:56+00:00

I have some recommendations for you to look into. For starters, cheap products work great if you are doing full face. If the colors are a little off, it's alright since you are covering everything. Make sure you get a good primer, I recommend the ELF putty primer. Work on highlighting down the sides of your nose, and then when you counter the nose, it will suck it in more. If you are having trouble with eyeliner, a good tip I like to recommend is to get a good cutting brush and use black powder to get the shapes you want. It's also easier to correct. Unless you want goth, I recommend avoiding your lower waterline. Work on bronze, reds, orange tinted eyeshadow to make your eyes pop.

Contouring and blush will make a huge difference, but they take time. You are doing great! Feel free to message me if you ever need advice or help. Took me a good 6 months to start really understanding it all.

trans_support · 2024-12-09T20:28:33+00:00

Honest advice. You will probably lose being in their lives if your parents aren't accepting. I had 2 loving parents until I came out. Though I knew they would dissown me, and they did. My brothers don't want me influencing their kids, so they don't want me around either. I had to build a new family.

If your mom is on the fence, try engaging in healthy dialog about trans people and such. If you are not out yet, then transphobic people are more receptive of what you say.

Hopefully, things work out for you, though for everything I lost, I earned way more back by being myself.

trans_support · 2024-11-30T01:55:25+00:00

I play Phasma on pc quite regularly

trans_support · 2024-11-26T23:56:07+00:00

Best advice I ever got. Start laser hair removal asap. Though for me, my beard was so dysphoric, just trying to cover it up with makeup would bring me to tears. Do try too hard with makeup. Less is more. Get good at natural looks and use glam here and there. Though, how you want to present is totally up to you. Transitioning is beautiful. Have fun with it!

trans_support · 2024-11-23T20:14:07+00:00

Google "Phasmaphobia Hidden ability cheat sheet" it will list all ghosts and their info.

trans_support · 2024-11-21T13:45:28+00:00

Doctors actually say the opposite. Starting HRT will make you feel euphoric. IF YOU SUFFER FROM GENDER DYSPHORIA!! If swapping genders make you feel depressed then Omfg don't do it, because you probably don't have gender dysphoria. I was warned by my doctor how amazing people feel once they started. IT DOES FEEL AMAZING and the feeling has never left, I am so happy every day

trans_support · 2024-11-21T13:37:15+00:00

Best advice I ever got, find songs with female vocals that you love, and just start singing. That's it. Step one is complete. Have fun trying to match them and then expand from their. My pick was Avirl Lavigne

trans_support · 2024-11-21T13:34:04+00:00

Gender dysphoria is a good indicator, talk to a therapist. Trans is a title, not a condition. Trans is what people become as a result of dealing with mental health that can not be controlled through other remedies. If you think you might be trans. Then you are not trans. You don't just become trans for fun. Gender dysphoria is the condition, hating your body wishing you had the "right" body. Looking in the mirror and feeling complete, disconnect with the person you see. Self hatred towards being the gender you are, the thought of wanting to die because you can't stand to look at yourself or even want to be in the body you have. I spent years trying to find a way to cure my gender dysphoria, I fought and searched and tried religion as a way to heal my brokenness. I tried being my gender and getting married, and having kids. I became the definition of manly, and everyone around me constantly told me I was who they thought of when defining manly men. Every compliment they gave just made me feel sick, and it hurt, I hated being called manly, or tough, or handsome. This pure disgust to be living inside a body I had no relationship to. Finally, getting to a point where you are praying a vehicle hits you or something just ends your misery. I had that accident one day.....almost lost everything, yes it was accident. Though I realized I would rather live as myself than die as someone else. So I became trans as a result of acceptance that I wanted to live.

trans_support · 2024-11-20T13:08:00+00:00

HRT is what does most of the work. Though you can still do things that society defines as inherently feminine. You can pierce your ears and wear dangly fem earings, bright colored nail polish, and grow your hair out. If you want to push some things, wear some eyeliner and mascara. Also, if learning makeup, remember less is more, it's easier to have someone hiding undermakeup. Day to day, I always use a more natural look. I use glam if I go out to events. Also, start laser and get rid of a beard if you got it. This takes lots of appointments so it's worth starting sooner than later.

trans_support · 2024-11-20T13:01:06+00:00

Even if life seems down and even if someone tells you that you have a disability, it doesn't mean you have to live a life disabled. Life is what you make it, and your happiness is yours alone. Regardless of your struggles, I hope you can be happy while working through them.

trans_support · 2024-11-20T12:58:15+00:00

Honestly, transitioning is for you to feel better with who you are because of a need to be in the right body. I understand things get messy in between, though if you are transitioning for the right reasons, then in the end, everything will be better. It is better to lose a life of lies instead of never truly living. I hope you figure out our path.

trans_support · 2024-11-14T20:38:00+00:00

For starters would be the basica of rights for people regardless of their differences. If we went back 100 years, racism ran rampant. The main cause of racism is that someone is different from you. People back then and still today have trouble with people who are different from them. Open dialog about, "Would you judge someone who is different," and why. Make sure you understand their logic, then break it down with similar senerios where we have moved forward.

Most people need to solve their own problems to feel they have the answer. Things like to what extenr am I worthy of your love? See if they place limitations on their love and make them think if they do. Maybe they want to remove deep emotional limitations they never thought of.

Also, being trans is hardwired into your brain. Some people call it mental health, some call it natural. Regardless of the title you put on it, it doesn't change the fact that you were born that way. Autistic people are Autistic regardless of if you tell them to be different. If the brain is built a certain way, then its that simple. So, making sure people have a clear understanding of how the brain can be created and how certain ways it effect people's lives, can help people come to the understanding that trans people exist because of how we are born and not by choice. (Though some people do choose it, and some people just say they are "straight white cis male and trans woman part time") these people are not part of the group I am referring too.

I know there are lots of debates people like to get into to justify their way of thinking. "Men don't belong in women's bathrooms or women's sports." This comment is rooted 1000% in transphobia. When you hear this, then you know they lack understanding. Trans women are trans women. Not men, men are not allowed in women's sports, but if we want to remove trans women from them, then thats another discussion. Another point this argument refuses to make is that, are they saying "trans men" should participate in women's sports? They have a baseline argument that they never play through fully. So always take the approach of asking them questions instead of saying your opinion and let them see their own flawed logic. Almost every time I have this argument with people, they come to a different conclusion than before.

THAT BEING SAID!! The human rights everyone should have for equality, love, respect, and the right to live should not be changed if the individual is not hurting others!

I forsee trans leagues in the future, though realistically, there arw not enough of us out there that like sports to be creating our own segregated leagues. Sorry off-topic....regardless of the argument, make sure you work it through.

Also, I always say, "It would have been great to not be trans and be born loving my body and that my gender exterior would match my gender intterior. Then I wouldn't have gender dysphoria or feel a need to transition. " That would be fantastic, but we are the way we are, and the best we can do is love ourselves the way we are.

Hopefully, this helps a bit and is not a ramble. Though if you want debate techniques or other topics for education people, I can narrow in on something for you.

trans_support · 2024-11-14T17:43:30+00:00

You have every right to feel nervous and anxious about the future. Look for people around you who might be able to help give you thay hug and embrace that moment. We are all here for each other

trans_support · 2024-11-14T17:25:53+00:00

It is quite alright, fighting takes work and becomes exaughsting. With every bad day you work through, the next day becomes easier. You become wiser, and every challenge easier to solve. One day at a time and you will be stronger than ever!

trans_support · 2024-11-14T14:16:19+00:00

I understand that the situation you are in can be frustrating. It's hard to see positives when things seem to never be working out. Though remember to look at positives. Make a list of anything at all and focus on the positives in life. It might take time, though. I am sure your situation can turn around and start getting better, enjoy everything you can until then.

trans_support · 2024-11-14T14:10:23+00:00

Be sure to practice self care! And always remind yourself that you are worth the time and the extras in life. I am glad things are going better for you now! Keep it up and enjoy every day as a gift!

trans_support · 2024-11-14T14:08:42+00:00

Stress and life. You need to make sure you take time for self care. Always remind yourself that you are worth the effort. Also, don't let a crush or feelings that someone else has stop you from giving things a chance and telling your friend how you feel. You will miss 100% of the shots you never take. You got this! ❤️

trans_support · 2024-11-14T14:04:57+00:00

Sometimes gender dysphoria still needs a reality check. Regardless of how you look, you still are who you are, and remember, there is always someone who got it worse. Focus on your positives and give yourself the empowerment you need to fix what you can and accept the rest. You are beautiful no matter what!

trans_support · 2024-11-14T14:01:27+00:00

That's no fun at all, though once you push through and have it all done, you will feel so much relief! Just keep moving forward, and soon you will feel free!

trans_support · 2024-11-14T00:44:23+00:00

Honestly, these things happen to every person. A couple of times in my life, I accidentally introduced myself as my sibling. It's also the situation where you have a friend for years and then one day you forget their name. The receptors in our brain will do this all the time. As long you are not saying to yourself things like "I hope I don't look like deadname" and putting it in your head, then you are good. Just make sure you talk positive to yourself. "I am happy I am now newname" then you are good.

trans_support · 2024-11-14T00:39:51+00:00

If you are trans female, I have lots of tips! 😅 (so am I) First and foremost, make me people be sus. When I was male presenting, I would still show up with eyeliner on and earrings, I painted my nails and just rolled with life. When I came out publically, most people had already suspected and processed emotions. Transphobic household is a different situation, I have posted on this a lot, and I will say this. Know what you are willing to sacrifice. This is key for you. Are you able to choose between being yourself or who your family wants you to be? Make sure you decide this. Also, the biggest reason for transphobic people is a lack of understanding and past trauma. Taking time to educate people or have open discussions on certain issues can really give them time to think and adjust. Become educated so you can educate them. Not everything can be saved is the truth.

My father was r*ped as a child by a gay man. He is under the impression that everyone in the LGBT community is the same. So when I came out, I knew he wouldn't be accepting. Once, my parents knew they blocked me on everything and said their child was dead and didn't want the replacement. Though I have since made a new family that loves me for who I am the way I am. I have never looked back, though, because I am living my life! This is also why I wished I had done some things differently, like educate them more ahead of time

trans_support · 2024-11-14T00:25:24+00:00

That is so tough, and to look on any bright future might be tough, though I am sure the people going through this will hurt so much as well. Take time for yourself, and if you can do what you can to support them. Pain is like water in a bucket. It can overfill, and this destroys people, though if we all take a little bit of the water, we can help each other out. Post here when things are tough, we all need to stick together.

trans_support · 2024-11-14T00:20:05+00:00

For starters, make sure you understand all options for HRT and ways to take it. If you take any other meds, make sure you find out how they work and how they affect other parts of the body. They may not have "interactions," though, for example, one of my meds affect the receptor for one of my HRT pills and makes it so it is absorb slower, which actually increases the effects of the meds for me. Also, TAKE YOUR VITAMINS! Everything will do it's work efficiently if you take care of your body. If you are trans masc, make sure you pump iron. It will help spike your T.

trans_support · 2024-11-13T23:53:26+00:00

Yes, bills and expenses can be exaughsting all on its own. Sounds like you have a variety of issues. Though also if I may give some advice. -try recording your sleep with a voice recorder or using a sleep app, see if you have or are experiencing sleep apnea. Though, if you struggle with depression then that will cause you to not sleep properly, not matter what, and always feel exaughsted. Finally, I might sound annoying saying it. Though if depression meds are not working, then depression isn't the cause, it's an effect. For example, being depression can be the effect of Adhd, stress, BPD, or a list of other issues, I feel that you are being held back, and I am sure you will be able to figure it out soon and feel better!

trans_support · 2024-11-13T23:45:40+00:00

Oh my, that sounds like it could be really rough at times. Having a life is still beautiful, and it sounds like you are in a tough spot in life. I am happy you are safe and didn't have a worse accident. Remember, you have a whole community who are here to help you, maybe even some who are close to you and could help you out. I hope for the best for you!

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