Phantom limb

[aleon515]

Not exactly, but related I guess. If I wear a packer/prosthetic awhile. It gets to feel like it is part of me in a way that I think somewhat defies what somebody might think. It feels like a part of me, esp feeling the balls. I only get the feeling when it's body temp. not when it's cold.

--Jay

[Taka]

i think there was done a study on this once, where they found that around the same percentage of ftm's experience this as cis men who have for various reasons lost their penis. compare with mtf's, and suddenly you see much less of it. almost as if trans men were meant to have one while trans women were not...

i also experience it occasionally when in guy mode. and i still remember the imaginary pain when i was kicked in the balls in a chat.

just to ask the weirder question. many trans women seem to experience phantom vagina. what about trans guys who've had it removed, are there any ghosts left?

[randomroads]

I get phantom sensations all the time. If I suddenly feel as if I have a penis it's kind of a welcoming sensation. It helps me feel normal. I've gotten that sensation from way before I ever stopped being denial about being trans. I also get phantom 'flat chest' sensations. That one makes me absolutely miserable whenever I realize what's going on, because all I have to do is look down and it's not flat at all.

[JaredLeBlanc]

No, i have never had a feeling of a phantom penis down there but i think that's because i am not on T yet and this stupid poison (read: estrogen) is running through my body. ;( But i really want to get the bottom surgery because in my opinion a man is not a man without a penis.

[Lajs]

I know this! It's like there's a piece missing in the anatomy jigsaw where you can feel what should be there, but isn't; a phallus-shaped void. Sometimes, particularly during arousal, as others have mentioned, it's more acute - it feels like I could touch it if I tried. Finding nothing but empty space brings on dysphoria - always. Looking at that space, even more so.

I didn't realise it was such a common thing.