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RPG *escapism* your career/life?

Started by Wild Flower, November 15, 2016, 03:08:15 AM

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Wild Flower

This is a weird topic. But, today I was thinking, if I dress in a "Victorian Aristocrat" way I would be inspired to do my job, and put myself in a mindset that I am a "witch/demon slayer". Okay, I know that's a weird concept, but it be pretty much telling myself I am in a RPG game, and my job is to use my "wizardry skills" to solve the problems. I relate to witches strongly, and it makes me feel more feminine in that sense. Someone once said that escapism helps with being transgender and not transitioning, and I think it could help me.

It's like being gothic, a lifestyle, except not gothic. I don't want to compare it to Wicca cause that's a religion.

I would get a job that has a flexible but professional image. So my clothing wouldn't be so outrageous that people are distracted. And when I get home, I make my room look like a wizard/witch layer, so I feel motivated to study the totems/spell books to get ahead in my job/life.

I hope I didn't lose you guys. My mind went there. lol

Clothing (examples)
http://shrinestore.com/store/catalog/images/559400_10153270906250237_1201852196_n.jpg
http://shrinestore.com/store/catalog/images/527742_10152657883475237_338240873_n.jpg

Room fashion (kind of)
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/10/20/1413811250428_wps_84_Georgian_House_Georgian_H.jpg

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anyone relate to this???
"Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets."
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Raell

Whatever makes life more fun and gives relief from dysphoria, I suppose.

I'm a partial transmale, so don't have to worry much about my presentation, since women often wear men's styles. But whenever I have to wear something feminine above my comfort level, I pretend I'm a Thai man, Japanese Samurai warrior, or Thai Muslim man since all of them wear or wore skirts and/or robes.

They also wear beautiful handcrafted jewelry, so when I wear jewelry for work, that's the kind I choose.

Even with the androgynous, barely feminine clothing I do wear to work, I always design and make the clothes myself, to keep the dysphoric reaction as low as possible. My body reacts to jewelry that seems too feminine with actual physical PAIN.

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anjaq

Go for it! I love victorian style but would just not dare dressing in it for my job. I even stopped dressing gothic when I started this job, something I was doing all the time when I was still at university as a student. I like it if people dare and manage to dress in interesting ways and not the norm... I am just too much of a coward to do this myself anymore - maybe I would for a club or party, but not in daily life anymore. I guess I get old.

I am not sure however how this relates to anything with "trans" though, but if it helps you with that as well, even better

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