Do hormones change our behaviour/thinking?

[Rachael]

To be honest, id say hrt doesnt change things specifically... what does change, is how we feel... we are more comfortable in ourselves with the right hormones flowing through us...  when your more comfortable. you relax, and are more yourself... so i figure we have those things already in us... we just act like ourselves finally... tbh, with me, ive totally lost my tollerance for violence, and things... im happyer, im giggly, im generally quite cautious now. One counter  girly thing, is that i LOVE airsoft, its my passion... and there are plenty of girls that play... its just a rather masculine sport. I played it before i transitioned, but started after i knew i was a girl... fully knowing it was something that was ME... tbh, folk forget im trans in the sport now, im just that chick with guns im more free in my self expression... i can go from gun toting deamoness, to pink girly girl in a flash The two arnt mutually exlusive imo. But the ability to be comfortable with both, i think is down to my being more comfortable in my body... thats what hrt does... its a awesome cushion (with fur on )
R

[cindybc]

Me like awesome, cushion with fur on top. I have stuffies and other furry things around here, like a petting zoo. Always had some type of stuffy or another around I have always been partial to furry stuff and hairy stuff and all for as long as I can remember. I remember also when I was little and my mom and dad had company I would sneak into there bedroom where they put every ones coats and I would drift off to sleep on someones fur coat.

Cindy

[Laura Elizabeth Jones]

im more free in my self expression... i can go from gun toting deamoness, to pink girly girl in a flash The two arnt mutually exlusive imo.

That's cool, and brings up a good point in my opinion. You do not HAVE to be some frilly girly girl 24/7 or at all actually. All that you need to do is be yourself. I just thought that I would throw that out there. 

[Sarah]

I find it takes some of the "edge" off my sexual drive, and that my moods tend to be a bit more moderate.
Very pleasant.
-Sarah

[cindybc]

It released the real me that was imprisoned in a shell that wasn't me and had to act the outside him., a really wonderful loving caring person who has retained only one feature of the other persona, a comedian.

Cindy

[Audrey]

I'm not sure if they actually change the way that I think, but have definetely helped me to be comfortable in my own skin.  Which I think is a pretty big first step in improving ones outlook on life.  How can you be happy and love others when you can't love yourself (Lame but true).  I'm pretty happy with who I am after a year of hormones and electrolysis; and I don't feel that I have to alter my behaviour and thinking to be male anymore.  If anything I would have to say that NOT taking hormones led to more behaviour/thoughts that weren't truly mine.

[Rachael]

I tell you one thing.... sex ROCKS now... it takes longer for me to reach climax, and oh BOY is it making its presence felt thesedays? (*embaraced cough*moaner *embaraced cough*) plus its ENTIRELY different... its like, always been good, but its now all over, from my toes to my head... its like doing acid then going on a rollercoaster...
R

[cindybc]

Hi Rachael
I'm not much of a sex person, never have been but of late I have had the odd orgasm, and yep, they are as you describe. I do better as a girl I guess the I did as my other persona.

Cindy

[Rachael]

i swear its chemical...
R