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  • Lily ( Shirow@lemmy.zip ) English
    5·
    6 months ago

    Honestly good and bad things?

    I did some things I could never imagine doing. Not gonna extend on that. I have now, what I consider a best-friend. That was not something I have made in ages. I’ve been on a guilt-trip too and had a day where dysphoria was a bit over the top and had some intrusive thought. (Not too hard things, no worries about that)

  • Azura The Spellkissed ( AzuraTheSpellkissed@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English
    4·
    6 months ago

    This week had been going well, despite a lot of work. Facial hair turned out to be challenging, I feel like I somehow can’t keep a clean shave for more than 5 minutes. next week’s gonna be exciting, I’ve got to prepare myself for outing myself to my elementary-aged daughter 🥴

    • Brooke (she/her) ( brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English
      1·
      6 months ago

      Facial hair is the biggest PITA, check out past posts on here or reddit about this, you might get some helpful advice!

      Hair creams and waxing hasnt worked for me, im gonna try this sugar paste wax stuff my partner recommended. But as a baseline i use a safety razor with good blades (still trying to find the best ones), a thicker or more lubricating shave cream/soap is very helpful. I start normal, with the grain and all, then 2 more passes; once sideways somewhat with grain, then last pass AGAINST grain. This gets me the closest shave i can muster currently lol.

      Also, dont use a ton of pressure, and cream choice is super important. If you do 3 pass, your skin will hate you if you dont use a good cream/soap!

      Good luck to you with your journey! Maybe youll learn something i dont know and teach me one day 😁

  • Domi ( Domi@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English
    3·
    6 months ago

    I’ve been waiting weeks for blood test results so I can get started on hrt. They said some of my results were above normal ranges so a dr was going to call me. So I’m freaking out that I’m sick or something and they’ll say I can’t start hormones.

    Well it turns out that the nice trans man who did my blood test wow my gender as woman, without making a note that I’m amab and I havent started hrt. So the issue was that the reference levels for my tests were set to cis woman.

    So a doctor phones me up and tells me they’re are some worrying numbers on the test results. Then he says “says here your testosterone levels are very very high”.

    I’m like “yes I know, that’s the entire fucking problem!”

    We laughed about it when we cleared up the misunderstanding but I still don’t have my fucking results so I can’t send them to imago and get on hrt. UK loves to keep you waiting.

  • Brooke (she/her) ( brookedSmile@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English
    3·
    6 months ago

    Its been rough but its my own doing. Im so anxious about coming out and its been hard to deal with this week. Also been doubting myself alot, my brain has a way of cutting deep. This week it was trying to convince me that im fake, like i get these extra rough feelings being a “cis straight white male” before that that voice tries to tell me i just want a group to belong too. That im not really this and just looking to be a minority or my own story of oppression.

    Its awful, awful ,awful stuff to think about, i hate it. But i also know its not the truth. Decades of these feelings, noone could ever convince me that its not what it is.

    Also, might be the only one, but i HATE the idea of coming out to everyone. I feel like if you come over to my place often enough then sure ill have a talk with you. But if i hardly see you? Naw youll find out whenever you see me, im not putting myself through the anxiety and pressure of coming out to absolutely everyone lol

    So meh week, some good, mostly bad. Still here still kicking still love you all! Nobody is allowed to Leave i want you all right here where you belong 🥰

  • permachillxo ( permachillxo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English
    2·
    6 months ago

    I finally got a job yippee!! An office job so the whole summer is spent boymoding in a black hoodie :(

    suffering from success, i also dont know if its wise starting prog now incase it enlarges my breasts like a pair of balloons or something lol i already have difficulties concealing them guhh