At what point does one "fully transition"?

[WolfNightV4X1]

Im a little overwhelmed and enthusiatic at how well this has been going...as the timeline stands I came to the idea that I could be trans when I learned what it was about two year ago, last year I was struggling with accepting I was transgender and hiding it at home (rather poorly) at home. I moved out about eight months ago and began to dress and four months ago started T, about 2-3 months ago I stopped having my period and people had started calling me sir.

Recently I got a second haircut due to some allergies that caused really bad skin irritation and face swelling, it made me have an excuse to cut it even shorter as weirded out as I might be of that prospect, but...it looks good.

http://imgur.com/a/7Lkcm





I have a court date scheduled in October the 16th for a legal name change...and...Im almost practically set.

The only challenges I have left is going to school and doing a good job getting and earning a degree, from there or inbetween there I can drop the news to my parents that I am transgender and stop denying that fact, I probably wont care at that point how they take it because my peers have been far more apathetic, coworkers and all just dont mind, it seems.

After that...well...I dont ever see the way my life is ever stopping to be a problem. Im still worried workplace discrimination might be a thing and I could have a hard time getting hired, but thats okay. As it stands Im confident enough that if someone doesnt hire me for that reason someone else will hire me for the qualifications that matter.

Oh...I do want to get top surgery, Im lucky enough that that part can wait a little bit, it is expensive. Im giving myself a timeline of after school is done and Ive paid off my other debts. Fingers crossed. As for bottom surgery I wont bother, its not something I care for as I dont feel the technology now is right for a functional penis and doesnt justify the cost. I may consider getting my internal organs removed if I have the chance as well, but thats lower priority


Life is weird and I am a little scared of the future but its surreal Ive gone so far in a short period of time...


This is an open ended question so anyone is free to answer the question as it best fits them, obviously.

[FTMax]

It's completely individual, everybody's got their own views on it.

At this point, I will consider myself fully transitioned after two stages of phalloplasty (everything but an erectile device). Medically, legally, and socially, everything else is done. I delayed my transition and saved money for years so when I finally got around to coming out I got everything done fairly quickly. Had I not put all my eggs in one basket, I would've been completely done this year. As it stands, I'm hoping to be done by December of next year.

[Elis]

Upto whatever point you feel comfortable. It could be a name or pronoun change or hormones or some sort of surgery. I don't consider myself 'fully transitioned' until my top surgery. Bottom surgery doesn't really appeal to me.

[Kylo]

I actually don't know yet. I would have thought once the surgeries were done as they're usually last on the list for us, but T is something you need to take for life if you want its continued effects, so in that way I think I'll always feel like there's something that needs doing or taking. I would have liked for there to be a point when all the unpleasant things are done and I can forget about having to see doctors and have them keep tabs on me but apparently they want to continue to do that for some time, maybe indefinitely. So I wonder if at any point I'm going to feel like I don't have this connection to medical screening for it, or to be reminded of it in some way. But I expect once it's just a case of checking it half yearly or yearly and ensuring I get the prescriptions then it's basically "done."

[Tossu-sama]

Like stated before, it's up to the individual.

I suppose you could say one is fully transitioned when they feel like they're "done". I consider myself fully transitioned since I've done everything I wanted. Name and legal gender changed, on T, top surgery and hysto done.

[Ayden]

It's a personal thing. You are "done" when you feel comfortable and happy. When you wake up and you're totally happy with yourself then you are finished.

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[Sspar]

I believe you are never "done".. You can get to a point where your satisfied with your life and your accomplishments.. but there will always be that little bit of learning and reevaluating what "being Transgender" means your entire life..
At least that's what I believe... only time will tell how right I am..

[AnxietyDisord3r]

I too believe the transgender condition is lifelong but I'm sure there's an emotional process of getting used to being trans and then through transitioning and then adjusting to your new social identity. Not everyone has an easy time adjusting to being on the other team, but some people fit in really well. So I guess for some individuals there's a completion point and for others there's this social distress that continues.