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Community Conversation => Transgender talk => Topic started by: Jamie-o on October 30, 2008, 08:23:40 AM

Title: Ever Have Gender "Flashbacks"?
Post by: Jamie-o on October 30, 2008, 08:23:40 AM
Do you ever have moments when you find yourself having a nasty flashback to your birth gender?  Strangely enough, I've found that whenever I feel really uncomfortable in a situation, or feel as if I've said or done something really stupid, I experience a "phantom ponytail".  It's like I'm suddenly 12 years old again with that horrible weigh hanging from my head as a constant reminder that everyone sees me as this alien creature whose body I'm inhabiting.  Anyone else have similar experiences?
Title: Re: Ever Have Gender "Flashbacks"?
Post by: vanna on October 30, 2008, 09:03:44 AM
lol im with Kiera too, long hair all my life :P

but yes i can understand how you could flashback and it make your uncomfortable. Its been the opposite for me though, i have had such a lucid dream about being female with a very hard to explain feeling of contentment only to wake up and back to reality. Its really upsetting to be honest.

An actual waking flashback, no i dont think i could take that.
Title: Re: Ever Have Gender "Flashbacks"?
Post by: Dennis on October 30, 2008, 10:29:38 AM
Funny you should post that. I just woke up from a dream where I was topless and had breasts. Then, in the dream I realized that I'd had chest surgery and they went away.

Dennis
Title: Re: Ever Have Gender "Flashbacks"?
Post by: Jay on October 30, 2008, 10:52:16 AM
QuoteI just woke up from a dream where I was topless and had breasts. Then, in the dream I realized that I'd had chest surgery and they went away.

Dennis that is seriously wierd...

Jamie-O Im sure I do I just cant think of any at the moment..
Title: Re: Ever Have Gender "Flashbacks"?
Post by: Arch on October 30, 2008, 11:44:05 AM
I'm still at the stage in which I have "true gender" flash-forwards. Right now, I'm still in the female body. I have short flashes of what it will be like when I'm not.

Of course, when I was a kid, I was already a boy a lot of the time. I wish I could recapture that now. Sigh.
Title: Re: Ever Have Gender "Flashbacks"?
Post by: Cyndigurl45 on October 30, 2008, 11:50:07 AM
Everyday after everyone leaves for school/work I get to flash forward towards my preferred gender, if not for only a few hours before I have to be at work, does that count?
Title: Re: Ever Have Gender "Flashbacks"?
Post by: Purple Pimp on October 30, 2008, 07:29:52 PM
Not so much in real life, but yes, in dreams.  I'll dream sometimes still that I'm the old gender, which is very bizarre.

Lia
Title: Re: Ever Have Gender "Flashbacks"?
Post by: Godot on October 30, 2008, 10:59:10 PM
I kinda have. I have flashbacks on how I used to be back when I was "alright" being female and now I look back and think "...Was that me?" and now I'm just happy being male. In my dreams though, I still dream of being in the female body that I already have which is kinda weird. Only once did I dream I was in a male body and it was a sex dream :/