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Community Conversation => Transgender talk => Topic started by: Traci New on August 25, 2015, 09:59:43 PM

Title: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: Traci New on August 25, 2015, 09:59:43 PM
Hello girls.  I found a website that has steps to help make the transition from M2F easier.  There are 11 steps to help you to grow more comfortable about your transition and help with your confidence.  One of these steps is to reach out to other trans people like you.  But i think that we all have done that by being on this site.  So that leaves 10 steps.  I thought i would be good info to see if we have any level 10 girls on here.  Post how you score.  The steps are listed below. To score a 10 you need to be doing all the things listed. For example if you are doing 7 of the steps listed your score would be a 7

1.  Begin electrolysis or laser hair removal on your face.

2.  Wear womens underwear.

3. Paint your toenails under your socks.

4. Buy a bag that will serve as a purse, and use it.

5. Wear womens perfume and deodorant.

6. Sit when you pee.

7. Take care of your hair, grow it out.

8. Make a new email address that doesn't have your birth name in it.

9. Practice  your voice.

10.  Start taking hormones or blockers.

Good luck i know you all want to be a 10.
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: Traci New on August 25, 2015, 10:00:16 PM
looks like i am just a 8.  I am doing 8 of the 10 listed above.
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: LizK on August 25, 2015, 10:12:27 PM
currently doing, 6 of the 10 things listed so I would guess my rank is 6?
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: Traci New on August 25, 2015, 11:55:04 PM
yes that would make you a 6
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: Jessie Ann on August 26, 2015, 01:16:58 AM
I think I'm a 14.....
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: warlockmaker on August 26, 2015, 01:20:46 AM
Thats interesting and thanks. I scored 10 out of 10. Maybe thats why its been very smooth with minimal road bumps.
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: leacobb on August 26, 2015, 02:52:37 AM
Im 10 for 10 maybe even more, thanks for sharing xx

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Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: Traci New on August 26, 2015, 10:51:10 AM
Thanks i just hope it helps someone.
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: MicheleGui on August 26, 2015, 11:09:13 AM
4/10.
Well, I've just started this trip, soon I'll raise up this score.

Also, peeing while standing is so practical. When at home I'm still gonna do it untill the boy downstairs is gone.
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: KristinaM on August 26, 2015, 11:23:23 AM
10/10 here myself!  9/10 maybe though for everyday.  I don't always sit to pee, about 50/50 though, and I've been very slack with my voice training.  Though I've been questioning the need for it.  :P
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: Traci New on August 26, 2015, 11:28:13 AM
Quote from: MicheleGui on August 26, 2015, 11:09:13 AM


Also, peeing while standing is so practical. When at home I'm still gonna do it untill the boy downstairs is gone.


I have read that peeing sitting down empties the bladder completely,  and no mess lol
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: HoneyStrums on August 26, 2015, 11:51:21 AM
was doing 4 of those for years, before i even knew of any trans related terminology, I even dressed with frequent clothing purges, (always kept the none visible stuff).

So I couldnt realy do them as part of my transition, those four things were allready a part of me. Unless that counts as a head start.

So with the exception of, painting my toenails, to hide them under sox, and still working on starting hormoans, Ive ticked all those boxes :), No wonder things seam easey for me.
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: geeky_jamie on August 26, 2015, 05:56:33 PM
im doing 8.  laser and my hair growth is kind of lacking.  My work schedule has been too hectic and I am not going to present till octoberish
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: TheKaiser on August 26, 2015, 06:11:49 PM
I'm a 1/10, through I did 6 even before I started questioning my gender; I am planning to try and work on 7 now.
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: Tamika Olivia on August 26, 2015, 07:14:23 PM
Er... looks like 7.

Haven't done laser yet, too expensive at the moment. Haven't started HRT, but hope to do so soon. Finally, I haven't got a new email. My old email is tied to my law license. I'm paranoid about changing it at the moment. I could start a new one, and keep the old, but I fear I'd get confused and send out an email under the wrong address and out myself to the Bar or a client.
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: Katiepie on August 26, 2015, 09:05:38 PM
1.  Begin electrolysis or laser hair removal on your face.
@ I don't have the money or pay in order to start this process
2.  Wear womens underwear. Check
@ I always do, I can't go back to male underwear, feels too awkward.
3. Paint your toenails under your socks. Check
@ I do this on a constant basis, as well as my fingernails.
4. Buy a bag that will serve as a purse, and use it.
@ I have a few bags already, but I don't use it 100% but maybe only when I need things.
5. Wear womens perfume and deodorant.
@ Don't do this, but use women's soaps in the shower.
6. Sit when you pee.
@ I do this unless at military operation, where there are only portable toilets.
7. Take care of your hair, grow it out.
@ I take care of my hair, but have to keep it in military regulations
8. Make a new email address that doesn't have your birth name in it. Check
@ Already have one!
9. Practice  your voice. Check
@ Always a work in progress. On a note, on the phone I have always been clocked female, even before coming out
10.  Start taking hormones or blockers.
@ Waiting on the military ban to let up first.

So I'm a 4½, I need the military to let up faster @-@
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: RavenL on August 26, 2015, 10:24:38 PM
So I'd be an eight apart from taking care of my hair and growing it out. Since well I didn't have much to begin with. Well does combing out a wig and taking care of it count?
Title: Re: Steps to make your transition easier
Post by: Unsure on August 27, 2015, 03:16:48 AM
I hope ill be able to be 10 soon.  :)