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I forgot that it's my mega week so no big info dump this time. Instead I bring a question: how do you practice gender self-care? Do you have any activities or rituals that make you feel more comfortable in your gender? Painting my nails and taking care of my hair are the most consistent ones. These shouldn't even be considered gendered activities by society, but I missed out on having long hair and painted nails when I was younger because of my assigned gender, so doing them now feels validating and gives me confidence.


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[โ€“] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Ive heard mixed reports about starting it early. Theres evidence that it might be beneficial to start fairly quickly, but I know some anecdotes from peoples own transition that say they started prog "too soon" and that stopped development and data that suggested its better to wait. The standard is start 1 or 2 years after E if you want a different excuse.

[โ€“] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

What excuse can I give to myself when I already know the unambiguous truth ...

some anecdotes from peoples own transition that say they started prog "too soon" and that stopped development and data that suggested its better to wait. The standard is start 1 or 2 years after E if you want a different excuse.

There's too much conflicting statements out there so the ideal case is to choose the null hypothesis.

I don't know what the null hypothesis is so I'm going to go with wanting to start prog to improve my emotional experience. But the parent issue lies like a guillotine above my head. All I need is one more year ahhhh. Then it'd all be fine!

[โ€“] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Null for this would be WPATH recommendations, right?

[โ€“] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 3 points 7 hours ago

Going by the principle of statistics, the actual null hypothesis would be to just take it at a randomly selected timing. But woath guidelines could be a decent prior (their conservative estimates notwithstanding).

[โ€“] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Still one more year for you :meow-hug: how long on hrt? I thought you were already a good bit in

[โ€“] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

1 more year, but you're here so it's not too difficult.

how long on hrt?

16 months

[โ€“] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Aw stop it, you're making me blush.

God damn girl, 2 and a half years of boymoding on E. God speed o7

[โ€“] peanutbuttercupola@hexbear.net 7 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

At some point it does become comical to grow boobs on purpose yet keep them secret.

I grow them for me, not others ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

[โ€“] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 6 points 9 hours ago

It is a little bit of a funny position to be in

[โ€“] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 5 points 12 hours ago

say they started prog "too soon" and that stopped development

If this happens you can stop and if prog is what stopped them growing out, they'll start again.