By my mom, no less. When I started down the hall to her office, I was talking to the dogs, and she heard me and called out my dad's name. Then she saw me, blinked, and said, "Wait... you're not him... Man, your voice is deep now."  I knew it had dropped a lot, but that was amazing.  Also, the other day I called my ex and he barely recognised my voice at first, because it had dropped so much since we had last talked (which was just last month). Everyone I run into now who knows me comments on my voice, it's awesome!

Just needed to share that, but since it's kind of a waste of a post otherwise... I'm stealth in an art class now, which is cool. Yesterday I realised my sideburns had gotten so long and dark that a shave was recommendable. The bloody cycle is a month and a half past due and I am hoping it stays gone for good. On the negative side, I have nothing to do and my depression is coming back hard enough that I can't motivate myself to do the things I could do. But at least there are highlights like these.

I reckon thats actually really exciting  I cant wait until Im going through this!

That is pretty awesome!

That is awesome!!!  My voice is the one thing I hate the most!

Thats the thing im most excited about, my voice. Congrats!

Thanks everyone! My voice was definitely one of the worst parts of my dysphoria, I'm so excited stuff like this is happening now.

That's awesome about your voice. That's something I'm looking forward to once I get on T.

As for your depression... I'm in the same boat. I never have anything to do either. Have you thought about volunteering somewhere to keep busy? I hope your depression goes away soon. I know how much it sucks to be depressed. I hope you feel better soon.

Quote from: Nikolai_S on February 14, 2011, 05:17:52 PM
Thanks everyone! My voice was definitely one of the worst parts of my dysphoria.

Cool. I feel the same about my voice.

That is great, and kinda funny to top it off. With me, that's the one thing that keeps giving me away, though seems even after hearing my voice people still question, guess that's pretty good.

It's cool ya able to not be questioned in your art class now, progress is always a great thing.

Quote from: Dominick_81 on February 14, 2011, 05:38:21 PM
As for your depression... I'm in the same boat. I never have anything to do either. Have you thought about volunteering somewhere to keep busy? I hope your depression goes away soon. I know how much it sucks to be depressed. I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks. I've thought about volunteering, but at the one place I'd really like to volunteer - the local animal shelter - I'm not allowed to work with the dogs until I'm 18. Attempts to find internships have met similar obstacles, including needing to be enrolled in school. I'll definitely keep looking, though.

Quote from: Victor on February 15, 2011, 11:22:58 AM
It's cool ya able to not be questioned in your art class now, progress is always a great thing.

I was stealth in a different art class before T (much to my astonishment), but now I actually feel like I've integrated into it as a male student rather than constantly worrying about my presentation. Much better feeling.