how tf can you tell ocd and dysphoria apart? i doubt it took me well over a decade to just realize im trans and only now i feel disgusted to look in the mirror and notice all the male patterns on my face, right?
>>45199648Which statement do you identify more with?>I want to be a woman >I don't want to be transI'm drunk and a mess so maybe this isn't the answer you're looking for after all.
>>45199736i just dont enjoy male gender roles very much, or looking too much like one
>>45199743Same. 100%. Despite that I have no inner feminine essence. I guess we're just fucked.
>>45199648are you disgusted by the fact that the patterns are associated with males or that the patterns are associated with aging
>>45199648if you didn't have OCD, would you still have the same preferences? effort you may put in due to OCD notwithstanding
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>>45199648What makes you think it might be ocd?
>>45200981>at firstI guess it's just one of those things you can only figure out as time passes.Ngl, this thread lowkey makes me understand repressors a bit more.
>>45201228OCD can present as worrying extensively that you might be gay or trans.
>>45200868>or that the patterns are associated with agingMaybe they used to be an androgynous potential luckshit who didn't care much because of some other underlying mental illness and only now with masculine features creeping in they realize they don't want to be men.
people should transition just for the sake of it so why not just give it a try? either case you get your answer eventually
>>45202087*should be able to transition
>>45202039I'm aware of that. I was asking for what specific reasons do you think that applies to you?
>>45199648if you are worried about being fake trans or "not trans enough" to transition, you probably have dysphoriaif you could wake up tomorrow as a man or woman with your ideal face and body, which would you prefer?
>>45202158>with your ideal face and body,wouldn't it be more telling if they chose waking up as an average or even unattractive person of their opposite current gender?
>>45202158>if you could wake up tomorrow as a man or woman with your ideal face and body, which would you prefer?Fuck
>>45199648I'm wondering this too tbhon. Got on hrt and still wondering. I'm slowly losing my sanity :)
>>45202389>average or even unattractive person of their opposite current genderif you are attractive and you would rather be an average or unattractive person of the opposite gender, then that's certainly a strong case for being trans, but it's understandable to not want to become uglier. it's about what kind of trade offs are worth making to the individual.so the two choices for waking up as a man or woman are both with ideal face and body, which makes it balanced.>>45205830>Got on hrt and still wonderingdo you feel better on hrt? do you feel relieved that you are no longer getting more masculine?
>>45207944>do you feel better on hrt?I feel worse but I like the effects.>do you feel relieved that you are no longer getting more masculine?I feel stressed because this all feels like a dream I will have to wake up from. Moreso a nightmare because I'm already a Man
>>45207991>this all feels like a dream I will have to wake up fromif you are afraid that you are going to wake up one day and realize you aren't trans, then it's just ocd.transitioning can be daunting and it's a bit of a lifelong burden, but you would still be better off than repping.it's important that you accept that you are a woman, if only mentally, and allow yourself to think of yourself as a woman. i know it can be hard but repression erodes your psyche.
