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Feeling Down and Coping with Body Image

Started by andream, May 13, 2010, 09:38:50 PM

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Holly31

Okay this is strange I was looking to post the same question. I  totally feel the same way about myself and I am so down. The only problem is you have only been on hormones for a year I am going on five. I think by this time I should have had more development. I want to know when I will finally see a woman looking back at me in the mirror because all I see is a man in drag.
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Nigella

Quote from: Holly31 on May 17, 2010, 09:25:40 AM
Okay this is strange I was looking to post the same question. I  totally feel the same way about myself and I am so down. The only problem is you have only been on hormones for a year I am going on five. I think by this time I should have had more development. I want to know when I will finally see a woman looking back at me in the mirror because all I see is a man in drag.

Hi Holly,

Its been about three years for me and now I am comfortable in the way I look and accepted by others. I have read, depending on age that it can take anything between 1 year and 7 years. Of course your HRT regime has an affect on this as does your genetic make up.

Stardust
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alexia elliot

Wow, you guys hit the nail, I am so glad for this post because I my self wanted to share those moments of giving up, then slowly getting the fem groove going again just to look in the mirror next day and see the bloke stare back at me. I guess the fluctuation of perception is due to hormonal changes we face while on HRT but knowing of it does not make it any easier. One day pretty good progress another terrible disaster. I also wonder if all those changes of perception are actually only in our brains and not physical as well. For instance, my morning face feels swollen and much more rounded and it in theory should look much more feminine but no, after about couple of hours I usually see much better female character. Also it is heard to describe but I wonder if someone else had this observation, mainly,  when I look now in the mirror at my face I see a lot of female character coming to surface but it is scattered in spots and sort of just beneath the obvious. So the whole face does not appear feminine but just parts of it. I too, get sired all day long without hesitation but, at least for now I am still male full time as usual, and if I tried to pass I would be in trouble with society and get labeled as soon as I poke my gorgeous heels out. Although, at times I get unusually long stares and double takes. First at face than at my lovely breasts( which for now are size of peanuts, well large peanuts :-) than again at my face.
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barbie

Quote from: andream on May 16, 2010, 09:01:56 PM
I just noticed this post! Are you kidding me? You think you look like a typical man? That picture in your avatar is totally female, from the head, to the shoulders, down to the hips, and you're not on hrt either I recall!

What I can say is that it's totally cherry-picked. It's like one out of a thousand  ;D.

Oh. Yeah. Nowadays suddently I become very confident on my passing. Many people close to me say that I look like better than women. I guess the major reason is my hair style change. Recently I got magic straight perm at ca US $50, and I suddenlty get positive comments on my feminine appearance.

Barbie~~
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andream

Quote from: barbie on May 20, 2010, 01:30:26 PM
What I can say is that it's totally cherry-picked. It's like one out of a thousand  ;D.

Oh you stole my line lol ;)
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alexia elliot

I too hope for cherry on my avatar but for now allsIgot is a banana. ;D
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