Quote from: Dances With Trees on August 05, 2025, 07:16:29 PMI started Estradiol almost two months ago (sans spiro because of underlying health concerns). No need for a bra yet but, like you Alana, I am noticing subtle changes in my sexuality and emotional lability. Please let me know if you start crying at commercials so I can stock up on tissue.

I've not been able to cry yet. It's been one of the only things about hrt that has been disappointing. The sexuality change caught me off guard. The intensity of being even more attracted to women wasn't something I was expecting.

Quote from: Alana Ashleigh on August 05, 2025, 07:27:45 PMThe intensity of being even more attracted to women wasn't something I was expecting.

Yes! I love the unexpected turns in the road. Sometimes I feel like I've done this Freaky Friday thing and transformed into a young girl. For me, it's amazing (and mostly fun).

Quote from: Dances With Trees on August 05, 2025, 07:36:11 PMYes! I love the unexpected turns in the road. Sometimes I feel like I've done this Freaky Friday thing and transformed into a young girl. For me, it's amazing (and mostly fun).

Definitely a good way to put it. I've caught that teenage girl attitude coming out of me a few times recently. It makes me laugh when it happens.

Alana, I'm in agreement with the others: Celebrate the happiness and save the guilt for something else (or toss it altogether).

On this:

Quote from: Dances With Trees on August 05, 2025, 07:16:29 PMPlease let me know if you start crying at commercials so I can stock up on tissue.

I may be in trouble. My wife has always told people that I cry at Hallmark commercials, and it's true. What will happen with HRT?

Quote from: Alana Ashleigh on August 05, 2025, 08:14:12 PMDefinitely a good way to put it. I've caught that teenage girl attitude coming out of me a few times recently. It makes me laugh when it happens.

 I sometimes have dreams of how life should have been growing up.  This includes all the fuss made to make a daughter look precious and pretty over the years.  Getting my hair to look adorable.  My teen years, and college years the way they should have been.  Then better experiences as I started to transition and worked as female, because all my life everyone treated me as a female.

 But then reality sets in and I think more realistically, recognizing issues but also that I have done okay.  Life is good.  I am grateful.

 It is important to be grateful.


Chrissy

Quote from: Pema on August 05, 2025, 08:30:50 PMI may be in trouble. My wife has always told people that I cry at Hallmark commercials, and it's true. What will happen with HRT?

Buy stock in Kleenex! 

I say what if things had happened earlier but then I would not change a thing as have had a good life. Not a great life but good, blessed with 3 great children and I have done things I liked . It was the right time for me to change, things just fell in place so go with the flow dear as it will happen when its time.

Quote from: davina61 on Yesterday at 02:39:43 AMI say what if things had happened earlier but then I would not change a thing as have had a good life. Not a great life but good, blessed with 3 great children and I have done things I liked . It was the right time for me to change, things just fell in place so go with the flow dear as it will happen when its time.

Sounds nice and reasonable Davina.

Hugs,

Chrissy

Today was pretty  much the same as yesterday. I was feeling giggly and silly a little bit ago, but had a big mood swing come out of nowhere. It has me feeling really heavy and overwhelmed with emotion.
   

Quote from: Alana Ashleigh on Yesterday at 07:54:15 PMhad a big mood swing come out of nowhere. It has me feeling really heavy and overwhelmed with emotion.

There are three things that you can do to help.

1. Change your thinking. Just choose to think about something else, something you enjoy.
2. Change your activity. Read a book, watch a movie, play a game, or do some exercise.
3. Change your environment. Go for a walk, visit a friend, take a bubble bath, play some music.

Sometimes our moods are triggered by things we are not consciously aware of, like a smell, a sound, or a memory. We like to blame our hormones, but they are not the cause. They only make us more sensitive to subtle things that can trigger us.

Give it a try.

Hugs!

@Alana Ashleigh  @Lori Dee

Going for a walk usually works for me...

HUGS, Danielle

Quote from: Lori Dee on Yesterday at 10:11:59 PMThere are three things that you can do to help.

1. Change your thinking. Just choose to think about something else, something you enjoy.
2. Change your activity. Read a book, watch a movie, play a game, or do some exercise.
3. Change your environment. Go for a walk, visit a friend, take a bubble bath, play some music.

Sometimes our moods are triggered by things we are not consciously aware of, like a smell, a sound, or a memory. We like to blame our hormones, but they are not the cause. They only make us more sensitive to subtle things that can trigger us.

Give it a try.

Hugs!

 I like play golf for a mental reset.  Like hitting the "big red switch!"

I also do retail therapy.  I've bought a lot stuff I didn't realize I needed!

I now own all sorts of specialty clothes.  I'm wearing a Terry cloth crop top and short shorts as it is 80 in the computer room right now. If I open up the windows and it cools down I can add a matching long sleeve pullover!