Anyone else not mind this?

[Devin87]

I read a lot about guys binding from the time they wake up till the time they go to sleep even at home just because they like feeling like they don't have boobs.  It makes me wonder if anyone else doesn't care so much about it when they're at home.  Now, I hate these things as much as anyone else on here-- one of my first real wakeup calls that I couldn't ignore my transgender-ness was when I got a pimple on one of my boobs and I didn't know it was a pimple and I got all excited that it might be some early sing of potential breast cancer and I could get a double mastectomy.  But I really only bind for passing purposes and to get them out of the way.  When I'm at home I tend to let them all hang out.  I'm even able to sort of pretend they don't exist when I look in the mirror and I love sitting around my room and sleeping shirtless and feeling the air on my chest and back.  Does anyone else feel like that or am I just weird?

[Ryan]

Nah, I'm the same.
I always bind if I'm with people or if I go out, but at home I don't often wear one at all. I also sleep shirtless.
It's nice to be able to breathe!

[rexgsd]

Well I personally don't have a choice right now since I am not out about being TG but if I had a choice, id bind 24/7. its more of a 'illusion' thing for myself, not just to pass for other people. if i am completely alone at home, i cant unbind because then ill know and ill feel wrong, and i am the most important people that i need to pass for, it that makes sense.

I could understand you guy's view though, i just cant do it that way myself

[Ryan]

Binding for that long is a serious health risk.

[rexgsd]

well i dont actually do it now, because my situation like i said, but when i can i would do it close to that. I'd rather be in physical pain than keep feeling how i feel with this wrong body. im very good at pain endurance, mental and physical, from over the years.

[LordKAT]

I bind pretty much 24/7

[zombiesarepeaceful]

I can't stand to even see them myself. I bind for as long as I can possibly stand, and I just ordered my tritop today so that will increase now that I have a real binder instead of something that makes me sweat balls.

[Ryan]

Haha, binders will make you sweat too! If you get sweaty, all the sweat stays under the binder and if you go outside it gets REALLY cold.

[Adio]

I rarely bind when I'm at home if it's just me and my mom.  Sometimes, like right now, I'll keep it on if I've been on an errand and I don't feel like taking it off.  I always bind to go out though.

I just like to be comfortable, whatever that means to me at the moment.

[Carson]

Since starting T my dysphoria has actually gone way down so now I don't have to bind as much as I did. I still bind all day but if I have to look in the mirror I don't have to get totally dressed first I can also sleep shirtless and not care.

[kyril]

I don't bind at home. It really just makes me more aware and resentful of them. It's bad enough they're there, but making myself uncomfortable to hide them is even worse.

[Arch]

At first I only bound for passing purposes, when I left the house. Then I started to leave the binder on even after I had come home. Within a month or two, I was binding all day, even when I didn't leave the house, because of how it made me feel. I hated taking off the binder at night, but I did it.

I had a very comfortable binder. Maybe that helped me to feel less dysphoria even when I wore it in private. I don't know.

I have had a similar experience with packing. At first I wore it only to my men's group, just in case anyone was checking out my crotch. I was surprised to find that it made me feel more natural. Now I pack all day and all night. The only time I don't is when I shower.

Now I'm living alone, and I still pack 24/7. Funny, I thought I might not. But it's all about how it makes me feel.

[zombiesarepeaceful]

Yeah dude, I pack pretty much all the time too. I feel naked if I'm not. Once I get more built (started working out, or trying to) and have more masculine muscles I won't mind being shirtless as much, but it'll still bother me to an extent.

[Banf]

I keep mine on until I go to bed usually. I guess at home it's for myself mainly, 'cause I only live with my brother (who I'm not out to yet) and dad. Neither of them notice/care when I'm binding.

I should probably get a slightly looser binder for around the house though. I don't want to bugger me ribs etc, but I can't bring myself to wear a bra anymore and when wearing nothing I feel really big and womanish with them bouncing around and ->-bleeped-<-. ;o

[Shadowlyc]

Since I'm not out to my family, I don't bind. But I don't really care much about them. They are just something I ignore by now.

[Ryan]

Same. They're just kinda there.
I do feel the need to pack quite alot though.

[Nygeel]

I bind at home if other people are over. I try to limit my binding to a maximum of 8-10 hours a day since I have a very large chest with a lot of compression (aka suffocating myself almost). I did once take a nap with my binder on. I woke up with problems breathing and my ribs hurt like hell.

[Silver]

They're pretty small, like an A. So I don't always even bind in public. Also sleep without binding, I just don't like to have tight things on my rib cage. Bothers me.

Don't go around shirtless though, even if I can. I try not to think about it and looking down and seeing those things out there. . . meh, it brings me down. I don't want to think about them.

[Arch]

Nygeel, we gotta get you top surgery.

[Kaz]

I don't really bind - in that i have a binder but its so darn uncomfortable that i've only worn it once -  i love the way i look in it, its great  but i have sensory issues anyway and the itchy elasticness, tightness etc.  is reallly uncomfortable. Also having that kind of pressure/discomfort on my chest actually makes my dysphoria worse.

If i'm in public i usually wear a sports bra.  I like them because they flatten my chest rather than trying to enahance/lift the way normal bra's are supposed to.  I couldn't find a clean sports bra the other day and tried on one of my old bras. Uurgh!! Couldn't do it...i had to take it off and i was going out with nothing if i couldn't find my sports bra. 

I wear baggy t-shirts a lot and usually go bra-less at home.  This is actually not bad for me because after years without wearing a bra (i've always hated them even before it realised i might be FTM) they're pretty saggy and unless i move fast i can look down and not see them...yay!!  I don't go topless much but i have also developed the ability to look at/passed them and see a flat chest.  Makes getting dressed, bathing etc. easyier.