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what do you do when you feel doubts? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 months ago by dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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I can't seem to shake imposter syndrome or doubts about whether I'm "trans" or whether I'm a woman, etc.

Just wondering what you all do when you feel that way, if you have any recommendations?

It makes me feel awful, there is so much commitment to a transition it feels like you have to be certain, but I just don't have constant certainty.

Sometimes I'll sit down and try to analyze it objectively, basically considering the "null hypothecis" - if I am not trans, then I would be cis, if I were cis then a certain set of things would be true (like, estrogen would probably not feel so great, testosterone would not make me depressed, etc.).

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[-] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

right!?

I regularly wish to reproduce this - I'm sure there is a cis guy out there somewhere who would take a single estrogen pill, lol.

[-] EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

I suppose, but someone like that would either be the kind of guy who would take any random drug you offered him, or, probably a guy who knows that a single estrogen pill wouldn't do anything by itself anyway. But then what would be the point in him taking it except for a laugh to shock his friends etc? Either way they wouldn't be doing it for the intended effect.

[-] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I do tend to think if someone is keen to take estrogen and likes the effects that's a strong sign they might be a woman. The tweet is implying men also wouldn't even consider taking the estrogen, as though to point out that cis men like being men, and that if you don't like being a man and would even consider taking the pill, it's a sign you are trans. That might also be generally true, but I think there is murkiness there.

[-] OldEggNewTricks@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago

And an awful lot of eggs, I bet. "Well, if you insist"

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