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Who did you see in the mirror this morning

Started by katrinaw, November 18, 2014, 01:10:55 AM

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Sheila Grace

I am several posts away from being able to post pictures, but honestly everyone who has answered to this topic should be able to see a beautiful feminine presence in the mirror, because it is there. These days, I FEEL like a woman, but it is not until I put on make-up and a wig that I feel incredible. That is the best feeling in the world, like coming home after a long, long trip. One thing that I have been really happy about; I dreamed this week that I was Sheila Grace. In the dream I was talking with others and they were calling me Sheila. It seemed so natural. When I woke up, I thought about it and realized that at some level, at the deepest level I am seeing myself in these terms. What a good thing. Blessings, Sheila Grace


I am an older MTF in transition. Currently negotiating this time of life with my SO of many years. I am PT and on HRT.



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katrinaw

Well certainly seen some interesting responses and some very funnee ones... love'em  :laugh:

I think we agree that we see who we are or want to be; for those of us, unfortunately still transitioning or without nice feminine hair, or with male organs dangling awkwardly, we have a mix of emotions but then again we take in what we see... like wow I'm nearly there, or wow looking better, or wish I had/could...

The main thing is that we see ourselves as women, in different stages of our lives and journey's.

Despite my negative thoughts when I look closely, I am becoming what I want to be, feeling wholly female (despite focusing on the issues) my skin condition is so much better than my age would suggest it should be, I have female form and love the fact that when I am me I look OK, I am commited now one way or another to follow through (just need to work out the detail  :-\)... and, of course, as all us women say we could do with or improve with??? But maybe that's another thread  >:-)

I just need to get over the coming out bit, so I can finally wake up and shower as fully me.... aahhhh

Love to all, Katy
Long term MTF in transition... HRT since ~ 2003...
Journey recommenced Sept 2015  :eusa_clap:... planning FT 2016  :eusa_pray:

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Destiny Marie

I leave the light off so that I can't see in the mirror and avoid it at all costs during the day. The last time I really looked In the mirror I broke down and missed two days of work and cried for three days. I have a small six inch mirror that I use to shave so that I do not have to really see myself as I can turn it so that I only see what I need to see to shave.
"When you step out into the unknown, you will either be given a solid rock to stand on, or you will be taught to fly"  :angel:
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katrinaw

Hi Davida, sorry didn't mean to raise sad thoughts...

I learnt many years ago to shave while under the shower, just under the nice warm ~ hot water.... I know my way around my face... had it for many years now (too many  :-X)... so works well, really well, get a real smooth finish, just right for the moisturizers and other lovely preps I put on my face... don't use face makeup very much at all, just eyes and lips when I really want to glam up.

L Katy
Long term MTF in transition... HRT since ~ 2003...
Journey recommenced Sept 2015  :eusa_clap:... planning FT 2016  :eusa_pray:

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Destiny Marie

It is ok, as I am still dealing with this issue in therapy and the more I talk about it the better I will be. I also shave in the shower but I still have a thin beard that I am slowly thin I g and making go away. Trying not to shock the family with just poof here I am like it or not. Every time
I make a change my wife and I argue and she gets really depressed because she says that she feels like a failure as she was not all the woman I needed. I can't get her to see that this is not about her, but she is bullheaded as am I. Well it what it is and I know that someday I will be me and nobody can stop that from happening.

Davida
"When you step out into the unknown, you will either be given a solid rock to stand on, or you will be taught to fly"  :angel:
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Skeptoid

I see my face I'm usually disappointed to see a guy again.
"What do you think science is? There's nothing magical about science. It is simply a systematic way for carefully and thoroughly observing nature and using consistent logic to evaluate results. Which part of that exactly do you disagree with? Do you disagree with being thorough? Using careful observation? Being systematic? Or using consistent logic?" --Dr. Steven Novella
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herekitten

I saw Me. There I am, that silly girl who sings opera to her kittycat in the morning. Hair- fresh outta bed - check. Skin - looking good for a girl my age - check. Body - hmm, need to to do more ab exercises - check. Throw some clothes on, brush hair, rush out door and take car to mechanic. Ill shower when I get back- check. Thats what I see.
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living. - Guy De Maupassant
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Foxglove

Having read some of the latest posts, I thought I'd say something that may or may not be somewhat off-topic.  I have a trans friend who I see fairly often.  We attend meetings of an LGBT group in a town not too far from me, and it just so happens that I'm on her way, so it's easy for her to collect me on the way up and drop me off on the way back.

Now I think she's the type who's just naturally insecure, but I know that when we first started attending these meetings, she was terrified.  Especially when, at the end of the meeting, we'd all head for the local pub.  She was extremely uneasy being out in the open world like that, partly because she didn't have a lot of experience at it.

But I noted that she badly under-rated herself.  She looked and carried herself much better than she thought she did.  She's the type that if you study her closely, you might have some questions about her.  But given that people don't study each other closely like that, she's really fine.  And I was constantly telling her that, and I was having a hard time getting her to listen to me.

One thing I told her about was the night we were in the pub when she got up to go to the loo.  On her way back, I glanced at her out of the corner of my eye, but paid no attention to her since I was talking to somebody at the time.  I didn't even recognize her because I didn't give her any thought.  I just noted "a woman" and went on with my conversation.  And that's the way people often see us: a glance our way and they carry on with what they're doing without even thinking about it.  I'm trans and she's a close friend, and yet I was exactly the same way.  It wasn't until she actually sat down beside me that I realized, "Oh, right, that was [my friend]!"

And I was also telling her something else just recently: I've noticed how much more relaxed she is in public now.  Whether consciously or sub-consciously, I think she's realized that she actually looks a lot better than she thinks she does, and so she's much more at ease.

All of this is to say that what you see in the mirror isn't necessarily what is to be seen.  Perceptions are subjective, and you may not be seeing yourself objectively.  You might actually look a lot different to others than you do to your own prejudiced eye.  I say prejudiced because you are prejudiced: you know you're trans so you're inclined to see things that other people, who don't know you're trans, won't see because they're not looking for those things.  So give yourself a break, don't be too critical.

What people see is "a package".  They see you as a whole, not as a collection of details.  This is one reason I tell my friend not to worry about one thing that she's particularly worried about--her voice.  True, it is a bit low, but I'm convinced that that alone won't give her away.  It's not nearly as bad as she thinks it is.  People will take it as a low female voice--the reason being that, as "a package", she comes across as very female.

So, what you see in your mirror may well not be the real story.  It's hard to be objective about others, but it's equally hard to be objective about ourselves.  We will see what we're trying to see.  You're not just a face.  You're "vibes".  And those vibes will go a long way towards determining what people see in your face.  At least, I myself am convinced of this.  Maybe others disagree.
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Luna Star

This tread actually inspired me to draw an art piece, might post it on here later when it is finished  :)
Luna, the poet and the digital artist.

Pleased to meet you ;)
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angie

when I looked in the mirror this morning I saw my new avatar and to tell you the truth I didn't hardly recognize the girl in the mirror! I've lost 50 pounds in the last 9 weeks, and after a little makeup am i close I can hardly even see my old self in me! makes me happy and sad at the same time! :) :( ??? :embarrassed:
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Lostkitten

My dog. Silly thing stood next of me while brushing my teeth so I thought of picking her up and making her take a good look at her furry self :D!
:D Want to see me ramble, talk about experiences or explaining about gender dysphoria? :D
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Newgirl Dani

It had better have been me, I live alone.  Dani
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katrinaw

Foxglove, your post is very inspiring, It's certainly true that you are your own worst critic.

Thanks  :-* Katy
Long term MTF in transition... HRT since ~ 2003...
Journey recommenced Sept 2015  :eusa_clap:... planning FT 2016  :eusa_pray:

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katrinaw

Quote from: Kirey on November 21, 2014, 11:27:02 AM
My dog. Silly thing stood next of me while brushing my teeth so I thought of picking her up and making her take a good look at her furry self :D!

That's  funny   :laugh:

Katy
Long term MTF in transition... HRT since ~ 2003...
Journey recommenced Sept 2015  :eusa_clap:... planning FT 2016  :eusa_pray:

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Foxglove

Quote from: Newgirl Dani on November 21, 2014, 03:25:41 PM
It had better have been me, I live alone.  Dani

Well, you know, Dani, just yesterday I saw the film "Solaris" with George Clooney.  Not a film I'd really recommend to anybody.  I found it very average myself.

But it did get me worried.  It turned out at the end of the film one guy wasn't really who you thought he was.  He was actually "his double", so to speak.

I've always wondered about myself.  Am I really me?  Maybe I'm just a changeling.  Maybe I'm a foundling my parents took in.  It's hard to believe that somebody could really be like me.  And now another question has arisen in my mind: maybe I'm just a double of the real me.  In which case, who and where is the real me?

Not saying you should be worried.  I'm most emphatically not trying to plant any seeds of doubt in your mind.  A sweet little thing like me wouldn't be so wicked, now would I?  I'm just saying what's gone on inside me all my life.
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katrinaw

Quote from: Sheila Grace on November 18, 2014, 08:20:22 PM
I am several posts away from being able to post pictures, but honestly everyone who has answered to this topic should be able to see a beautiful feminine presence in the mirror, because it is there. These days, I FEEL like a woman, but it is not until I put on make-up and a wig that I feel incredible. That is the best feeling in the world, like coming home after a long, long trip. One thing that I have been really happy about; I dreamed this week that I was Sheila Grace. In the dream I was talking with others and they were calling me Sheila. It seemed so natural. When I woke up, I thought about it and realized that at some level, at the deepest level I am seeing myself in these terms. What a good thing. Blessings, Sheila Grace

Hi Sheila, Sorry to have missed your post  :embarrassed:

I have been on HRT for well over 10 years... started late (late forties), still in married family life today, been trying to keep me hidden... about to make that all change.

However, I have used makeup in the past, but due to age and HRT I find my facial hair shadowing is not quite so prevalent now... and I ensure that selfies I take have some favourable angle and / or light... But I funnily now, I can be wandering around or dreaming in sleep etc. and picture myself with nicely styled hair, looking as I should be.... the pictures I take and maybe my drive now are impressing real "me" images into my mind... absolutely Luv it :eusa_dance:

Who I see after a shower first thing is a balding head, but a womanly figure and skin tones, even more so after I apply all my facial nourishments. Its not about not seeing the beautiful you, its about the final image not being there, from the very moment you get up...

Now when I spent time away in the Aussie snowfields this year, alone, I lived fully as a woman, woke up in the morning and there she was... was living in heaven.

So agreed  :laugh:

Love Katy  :-*
Long term MTF in transition... HRT since ~ 2003...
Journey recommenced Sept 2015  :eusa_clap:... planning FT 2016  :eusa_pray:

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Wild Flower

An Italian Peter Pan.

With the eyes of a woman.
"Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets."
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Hideyoshi

Quote from: katrinaw on November 18, 2014, 01:10:55 AM
I decided to see how others see themselves when they look in the mirror, naked and just showered!

I tend to avoid my reflection.
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Lostkitten

Just saw myself, I do not really see a man of a woman I just see me o.o.
:D Want to see me ramble, talk about experiences or explaining about gender dysphoria? :D
http://thedifferentperspectives3000.blogspot.nl/
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Wild Flower

Quote from: Hanazono on November 26, 2014, 07:56:39 AM
I can't see anything in the mirror in the morning until I've had a cup of coffee. #Asian #eyes and not enough sleep...

I didnt know that happens. How did you manage to type?
"Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets."
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