Hi Tessa, yep that certainly rates for me... Only thing was I spent everyday looking in the mirror for magic, instantly... 

Kellam, yeah totally with you, took me almost as long to realize there were more of us, and it was labelled too... Nice 

Echo, hang in there 

L Katy

As I was going through therapy things were getting really rough as I approached getting HRT.  I had a lot of horrible horrible anxiety going through my mind about how things would go.  Now that I have it, all I feel is relief and freedom.  It helps that I came out to my parents and they said that it doesn't make a difference what I am. 

Quote from: Deinewelt on April 17, 2015, 10:03:54 PM
As I was going through therapy things were getting really rough as I approached getting HRT.  I had a lot of horrible horrible anxiety going through my mind about how things would go.  Now that I have it, all I feel is relief and freedom.  It helps that I came out to my parents and they said that it doesn't make a difference what I am.

Yay good 3 points of Euphoria there, really cool parents 
L Katy

well i guess my euphoric moment is the fact i have nothing stopping me from starting transition except i have to wait about 3 to 4 months so i can save. thats basically a short time since pay week pops up so fast

Quote from: Echo Alcestis on April 17, 2015, 10:20:59 PM
well i guess my euphoric moment is the fact i have nothing stopping me from starting transition except i have to wait about 3 to 4 months so i can save. thats basically a short time since pay week pops up so fast

Hmm that's nice that you have nothing holding you back, know the money bit  , but your right weeks fly past...

L Katy

one of times was after the session of electrolysis, i was so happy to know i was actually starting to get rid of this horrible facial hair.  The other was last weekend, wear I went out en femme in Indianapolis with friends. I will take my first E pill or shot this summer and i am hoping that will be one of the happiest moments of my life (apart from bottom surgery and finding a soul-mate be they male or female, cis or trans)

There are several euphoric moments for me, first seeing my image in a mirror with make up, wig, and a dress. seeing the female resemblance to my mother.  First time having a great tuck in a tight pair of white jeans and seeing no bulge ;what looked almost like a vagina. Having men hold doors open for me.  The most euphoric events was starting hrt and feeling the results esp the first time.  Havent really experienced much on 2.0 yet

Hi Rachel, so good starting the journey, you'll feel really euphoric when you start HRT, and good luck in your hunt for a partner 

Hi Brie, recall how I felt the first time fully dressed, I nearly cried, then again (quite a bit  ) with all the changes I could not believe it's the same person, I get so emotional.
Yeah HRT is always giving, first time dose, first noticeable changes, fatty deposit rearrangements and on  soooo giving 

L Katy

  There were a number of amazing moments.  You asked for the single "most Euphoric" one though so I will explain that one:

  Last year was WorldPride 2014 in Toronto.  I'd never been to any Pride events before and never had an inkling until then it was somewhere I should be.  There are three major marches on separate days - Friday is the TransPride, Saturday the Dyke March, and Sunday the feature all-encompassing Pride Parade.  Obviously being 'WorldPride-edition' made it a much-bigger deal than usual.

  The most euphoric moment of my transition was attending the TransPride, a march of transgender people and a much larger group of supporters.  I had grown up painfully shy and prone to wild anxiety about public exposure.  Personal growth and the changes brought on by transition and hormones had finally put me in a really good mental place where I was ready to handle being on display simply as a person, not just being openly trans.  In very short order I realized I felt completely at peace in front of the crowd and was radiating happiness.  I still wasn't officially 'out' to a lot of people at the time but somehow I was comfortable literally on the world stage.

  Being somewhat uniquely qualified as a 'trans-lesbian' I was welcome to attend all three major marches that weekend.  It was very exciting and affirming to be participating in everything, especially due to the massive scale of the final Pride Parade.  Nothing would compare though to the first march and the moment where it finally clicked in my mind that I truly loved and believed in what I was doing and that I was reveling in it!

I don't know if I could ever limit it to just one.  It seems each day has something in it that I find "Euphoric" in one way or another. 

If I had to come up with only one single most euphoric moment I guess it would have to be the moment that I "got it" and realized that I really was transgendered and that I had to transition in order to be a complete and healthy individual.

There are so many others that were just as good -

Having the discussion about my transitioning with all five of my children and having them all not only be ok with it but a couple of them embracing it enthusiastically.

Giving myself that first injection if E and realizing that my physicaly transformation was really underway.

Finally coming out to someone and sharing the deep dark place inside myself where I had hidden my true self and seeing how much they still loved me.

Getting all of the pieces (clothes, makeup, wig, forms, shoes) needed to transform myself into Jessie and walking out the front door and into my car for the first time to introduce her to the world.

Mine was crossing the point of no return last July.  I got the orchi on the 15th, but when I drove home from the DMV on the 30th with my name and gender marker changed, I was thrilled to bits that it could never, ever be taken away from me. 

PermaJill, baby!

Hi Violet, more than one is fine  , as we go through our transition and life we will get many moments, just one or some stick out more, your, being a "damn I feel me for real" is definately a worthy moment 

Jessie, yes, yes and yes to 'em all, coming out to your children/kids must have been quite an uplifting moment as they accepted and still loved you... Ahhhhhh

Jill, yup that would be one of mine shortly, once I get my income stream running and back on track... But there in my mind... Funny as it all becomes clearer and within reach my frustration of my situation mounts... I think that no turning back bit is definately a biggie

L Katy 

Probably when I came out to my mother and she said she will always love me unconditionally no matter what and only wants me to be happy. It was a lot of pressure off my shoulders!  

Quote from: YoungZep on April 19, 2015, 11:57:09 PM
Probably when I came out to my mother and she said she will always love me unconditionally no matter what and only wants me to be happy. It was a lot of pressure off my shoulders!

Wow, what a lovely Mum... you must lover her to bits 

L Katy xoxo

It wasn't a moment, it was a whole night.  I heard that my friend had recently started transitioning FTM, so I visited him.  I got all dolled up, and he loved my outfit.  We went out on the town... to hear him gleefully call my new name from across the room was incredible.  At a bar, a very beautiful woman checked me out -- I thought she was just staring like everybody else, but she did a deliberate double-take to make sure that I looked up.  When I did look up, she gave me a warm, and very welcoming smile!  Happily married, so I just took the smile for a compliment... but damn!  I was on cloud nine the whole night, it kept me going through the next day, too.

Haa, wonderful post Sparrow... Truly worthy as the memory lasted

L Katy

The first time I had all the kit and dressed up to look female. I just laughed at the idea that that's totally what I wanted and that It seemed so obvious in that moment. Enlightenment really after 30 years of denial and obvious signs. Jx

after spending so much time being afraid of how I would look, or what others would think of me, I'd say the most euphoric moment so far is the realization that the only thing stopping me from transitioning is fear itself, not the outside world.

Once I realized that my barriers are just a result of internal shame rather than external forces, they suddenly felt insignificant and beatable. Im not quite there yet, but transition now feels more real than ever before.

Hmm I would have to say taking my very first dose of HRT. Seeing how well and quickly the HRT affected me, making my body so much curvier c: and thinking, "this is what my body is supposed to look like."
Getting my first wig, tying a bandana through it, and seeing how cute it looked.
Getting my first pair of leggings, buying my first bra.
After a week on HRT, purposely trying to take a bad picture of myself but even the worst pictures I could take were still cute.
Before I was on HRT, I had to try REALLY hard to get a halfway decent picture of me, not the other way around! xD