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Community Conversation => Transgender talk => Topic started by: Sebby Michelango on July 14, 2016, 02:11:33 PM

Title: FTM: Do you find seat belts annoying sometimes?
Post by: Sebby Michelango on July 14, 2016, 02:11:33 PM
Do you find seat belts in cars annoying sometimes?
I think it's annoying sometimes. The belt goes between the two bumps, so it makes them more visible and that unnatural feeling bugs me a bit. I have very huge chest dysphoria, that s*cks! -_- What do you do to avoid that dysphoria triggering situation? (I doesn't bind btw)
Title: Re: FTM: Do you find seat belts annoying sometimes?
Post by: FTMax on July 14, 2016, 02:20:02 PM
Sure, but I find death much more annoying.
Title: Re: FTM: Do you find seat belts annoying sometimes?
Post by: WarGrowlmon1990 on July 14, 2016, 02:44:49 PM
Seatbelts can be very annoying, especially if you're heavy chested like me. Because they're so crucial for safety I just try to distract myself (reading, day dreaming if I'm a passenger; focusing on the road and my surroundings if I'm driving).
Title: Re: FTM: Do you find seat belts annoying sometimes?
Post by: Kylo on July 14, 2016, 03:22:21 PM
Yes. I don't like to imagine what it does to those and the neck if it were to save someone from a near-fatal crash. Every time I'm in the car the thing is sawing at my neck just sitting there.
Title: Re: FTM: Do you find seat belts annoying sometimes?
Post by: V on July 14, 2016, 06:07:46 PM
I'm not F2M, but I do find seat belts terribly annoying. So I use a simple device called a Comfort Clip which removes the tension in the seat belt, but doesn't interfere with it functioning safely in a crash situation. I'm an Automotive Engineer so I wouldn't recommend anything dangerous.
Title: Re: FTM: Do you find seat belts annoying sometimes?
Post by: sigsi on July 14, 2016, 08:14:26 PM
Yeah, I usually bind now :P But before I would try to shift the belt to the side (if it was going from the top right to the bottom left for example, I would try to shift the belt more to the left side). Probably not the safest, but it worked for a bit. I'm not sure how that would work while driving though, as that was when I didn't have a license. Otherwise as others have said, distractions.
Title: Re: FTM: Do you find seat belts annoying sometimes?
Post by: Peep on July 15, 2016, 08:41:30 AM
Yes, seat belts and things like messenger bags or long necklaces used to drive me crazy. It's better now that I'm binding though. I used to find that even a fairly tight sports bra would be tight enough that there was no cleavage for the seat belt to slip into.

When i was presenting as female i always had rubbish cheap bras as well and that didn't help to keep things organised :P
One time a snail fell out of a tree and inside my shirt!
Title: Re: FTM: Do you find seat belts annoying sometimes?
Post by: SlateRDays on July 15, 2016, 10:56:06 AM
I try to wear shirts or vests with a collar and just have the belt tucked under the collar. When it naturally starts to press, there is a cushioning between the two. Otherwise, I will just be sitting and driving and constantly trying to push it off my neck which becomes a distraction.