anyone else feel like theyre not enough of a woman to transition? im a soft feminine/androgynous "man" (even then i dont like using that word because im not man enough for a lot of women, one of them straight up said that to me when i asked them out) but i dont feel comfortable calling myself a woman. im pretty bad at socializing with women who arent autistic or blunt or tomboys and i dont like a lot of woman centric things. but i still want to take hrt so i can preserve the qualities i have now while aging more feminine instead of masculine. but i just cant call myself a woman, i feel like a complete fraud.
you are enough (as a man who will never take estrogen)you have always been enough (as a man who will never take estrogen)and, you will always be enough (as a man who will never take estrogen)you don't need cross sex hormones to be happy or fulfilled!
>>43433948i feel like i do. i can only stand to see my reflection in the mirror if im feminine/androgynous and turning out like my dad feels like a death sentence. im still young enough to where im salvageable so i want to start. i just feel horrible being on hrt while saying im not a woman, people always think youre a fetishist or transphobic.
>>43433926Its okay nona youll find out with time <3
>>43433926I repressed for alot of reasons but one of them was feeling like I didn't act enough like a girl naturally to be allowed to transition. I was told my whole life that I was supposed to be a boy and so I was supposed to act like one. I tried my best to live up to what people wanted from me. After I finally let myself start hrt I realized that a lot of "woman" qualities and personality stuff was just hiding under the surface. Because of my repression I let testosterone deform my body. I knew I wanted to look like a girl but wouldn't let myself transition because I thought who I was, my soul, wasn't woman enough. If I hadn't gatekept transition from myself I probably would've been a passoid based on how androgenous/feminine I looked in my younger years, now I'll likely be a hon forever.Take that how you will
>>43436135thank you nona, this actually helps reassure me a bit. im 24 now so it might be a little too late for me to pass though, even if i still look younger than i do.
