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Phantom limb?

Started by Amoré, October 30, 2017, 08:49:49 AM

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Amoré

Have any of you trans folks on this site ever experienced this. I know it is possible to have phantom penis but vagina?

Being tightly tucked always I do get this sensation a lot. Especially at night from that I don't have erections anymore because of hrt. I feel different down there as if there is a vagina when I don't feel it moving around. I don't really know what having one feels like because I must still get my surgery. I would feel like this and then be like wait but you have a ummmmm.  I don't know how to explain it really. I think my brain is playing tricks on me at this stage.


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sarah1972

What started recently is some hot and steamy thoughts, mostly when I am about to fall asleep. In these moments it does feel like I do have a vagina even though it is not there. Even touching sensation is close to what I imagine a real vagina to be.

The issue about it is that I just get more dysphoric about my genitals. Unfortunately for a few reasons I have currently postponed surgery :-(

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Lynne

I think I can relate to what you are saying Amoré. I'm not sure if I would describe my feelings as phantom vagina but more like emptiness, like there is nothing down there that doesn't belong there and those moments feel quite peaceful and natural.
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Kylo

If you no longer have the sensation of it moving freely around, I think your brain will get used to that and adapt; and also it's not behaving like a penis anymore because of the HRT.

The opposite happened for me, what's there started behaving more like a penis and doesn't particularly feel or operate like a vagina. Hormones defintiely have something to do with all of that and it takes the brain a few months to catch up but it does.
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HappyMoni

I know this is not the same as what you are saying but thought it might be of interest. I had surgery 4 months ago. It takes no time at all to forget how it felt to have a penis. I look down and can't even picture where it would go. The  brain adjusts so quickly.
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Dani

Not trying to be argumentative, but I never felt a phantom penis. The moment I woke up from anesthesia, I felt normal, the way I should have been all along. I am 18 months post-op and even when I thought about phantom penis, it just never happened.

I guess I just don't believe in ghosts, in spite of Halloween tomorrow.  :laugh:
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