Do you think there are those of us that are just using HRT more like an antidepressant than using it to blend in to society as a woman. Do you think there are those  that remain basically in their birth gender appearance with no need to go further then taking HRT as a means to cope with living as they always have. Just curious since I don't think there are any legal or medical requirement preventing one from doing that if the mental aspect is enough.

Might be some? I was thinking of doing hormomes to get the edge off for a decade, earlier this year, transistioning comes with pro and cons. For some, it is easy as day and for others, they may just be androgynous or feminine male. Or know they can never pass. Or just waiting.

Dunno.

If hormones could be bought at a store... More people will try at least.

I was just wondering because they do help me quite a lot just with peace of mind. I've dealt with the whole kit n caboodle of thinking of transition all my life so for me I want the whole thing . I was just thinking because it does act like an antidepressant I would think it would benefit a lot more.

I can relate to this as hrt definitely helps me mentally and take the edge off how I felt.

At this stage transition plans are not that big until I get whipped into shape.

I think I'm definitely doing it.

So far I'll do whatever it takes to keep living like this. To much to lose and I'm afraid of social transition. Life could be better, but it could also be so much worse.

Totally!  After I had been on HRT for about a month, about 75% of my dysphoria actually vanished.  The occasional moment would still happen but my brain feels sooooooo new and normal right now.  I skipped a couple of days (of the antiandrogen) and that testosterone flooding back in made me feel so alien and disassociated from my own mind, I couldn't understand how I had made it so far in life feeling like that.

If it weren't for the fact that my body causes a great deal of distress, I would happily go along as an androgynous "confuser".  But... that stuff down there.  Yeah, that's gotta go. 

I think the reason many of us actually transition so drastically (so much effort put into being perceived as their true gender) is that society forces us into one or the other.  People in between aren't quite as understood yet.  Maybe we will again someday and some of us can just be the in-between beautiful humans we want to be. 

Quote from: Abysha on December 13, 2015, 12:25:14 AM
I think the reason many of us actually transition so drastically (so much effort put into being perceived as their true gender) is that society forces us into one or the other.  People in between aren't quite as understood yet.  Maybe we will again someday and some of us can just be the in-between beautiful humans we want to be.

I'm somewhere in between with what I've been doing and I'm not totally comfortable with it. Society doesn't know.

Perhaps I've absorbed society's values and doing it to myself? There's no way to know.

I know there are more than a few girls that draw their lines at HRT.  Low dose or high dose, it aligns them internally and that is enough.  HRT has certainly brought my dysphoria into a controllable realm and has brought my heart to the forefront of my life.  Will I continue deeper into transition?  Yes, but at the point I am feeling that I am fulfilling who I am, I will hold myself.  I know there are a lot of trans women that do this.

We are a truly diverse community of individuals and what works for one will not work for others.

 

I just started HRT a couple of days ago and currently have no plans to socially transition.  My doctor is aware of this situation.  Of course in a few years who knows what the future might bring.

My endo and psych both know I'm not planning on social transition and are ok with whatever I choose. There's never be a hint of judgement from either one. It a great relief.