Im just curious to know if you have not had srs is it hard to cope with the wrong parts, especially during times like showering or getting dressed? I want to know because i have a really bad case of body dysmorphia ever since i was younger. It's caused more by scars and things like that but i have a hard time when i do these things- and sometimes i just dnt even feel like doing it for example showering and such: but of course i do it cuz i have to. Whenever i feel this way which is a lot i always think there's almost always a solution to everything i just wish the solutions came faster. Anyway this BDD ive had since i was 14, it started 6 yrs ago and i feel like its really helped me understand my transgender aunt, they arent really the same issues but they are close in a way. I just cant feel comfortable in my own skin- i always find something i hate (weight, skin, etc) i always try to think things arent that bad but i still feel distressed even when other's tell me i look fine or i dnt need to lose weight or anything like that. Its torturous to feel this way and sometimes i wish i knew others who went through the same thing. My aunt well she has things to do too and i cnt always talk to her about it but i know me and her share some common issues. I really feel like if anyone can understand this it's the transgender community. So i know it's not always easy to share but i hope some of you will share something about yourselves

On the other side of the fence, I never take off my packer, not even to clean it (I clean it while keeping it attached). Although I like taking my binder off to shower -- my chest is small, and binding has made them look like I'm just a fat guy, so it actually helps some, haa.

But when I was little and would take baths with my mom, she'd cover herself with a rag. I copied that for a while. That generally only helps with bathing, if you'd like a seated shower.

I have a similar situation.  I avoid bathing as much as I can so I don't have to see that protrusion I have.  When I dress or undress I can't be totally naked.  I will have a long or baggy shirt on when I change panties or pants on when putting on my bra and tops.

I have image of myself as just head and hands, I try to not look at me and use imagination and I'm fine with it
Just like playing 1st person computer game, just hands 

I'm ok with showering itself, but being naked is what bothers me.  I just try not to think about it.  Mostly its a body hair issue for me, the various appendages - well I think maybe I'm just in denial or something.

I used to hate to shower. I'd go as long as I could without one. At one point it was so bad I was showering in my binder. Now I shower about 3 times a day. It's like I just discovered water or something. 

I sort of just blank it out. The bath is OK because of the foam on top.
But heck, I lived so long with that stuff I just don't get too squeamish --- what's the use?!

Lastly I have no more body hair to mention (on my head, yes) and looking down on my bacon starting to redistribute (bottom, thighs) kind of helps.

So, don't look too long and too hard, and try practicing to mentally block it out best you can.

Axelle

Showering is one of the worst things I have to do and in this hot weather I should shower once a day.  Getting completely undressed and seeing my chest mounds and nothing below gets to me every time.  It is worst I think than getting my monthly blood leaking.  I can be having a great day and then showering and am in bad mood for awhile.  Silas sure must be great to have a glued on packer that you can have in the shower and it still stay attached.

I never had issues with showering, especially since I started hormones and my body looks so feminine. I hate what's between my legs but it doesn't prevent me from enjoying a nice hot shower

I feel the same i cant bear to think or see my own body it disgusts me and doesnt feel natural i never open my eyes while i shower> You would be amazed how quick time flies when your eyes are closed

i try not to see my own body, i see what i want to mostly 

I do avoid seeing the annoying dangler     But HRT has worked it's magic fairly nicely so I somewhat like most of the rest of my nearly 50 year old body 

It's not that bad, I'm more concerned about the rest of my body. But still, sometimes I just look at myself naked in the mirror and cover it, my chest, and my mustache from sight.

I just don't look at what I don't want to see.

In the bath, it goes between my legs, and looks fine.  Otherwise, I don't look.

I personally don't have a huge amount of disgust for my improper member; that said, I would rather have the proper bits. Showering has never been a problem for me. I have mostly just a profound indifference for what's down there currently. It's there, I've seen it my whole life. I don't want it anymore, but whatever, I'm taking care of the problem, one day at a time. I just have to keep telling myself that I'm working on this.

I mostly just don't look there unless I'm shaving in the neighborhood. Usually, I can trick myself into thinking it isn't there if I don't see it. What I really hate is the myriad ways it reminds me through the day that it is still there.  Sex is...problematic. The untucked bulge is distressing, but the tucks are uncomfortable. Every time I sit wrong, lose a tuck, or get unpleasantly bumped, I just want to grab it and rip it off...then I remind myself that I'll need some of that for surgery someday. *sigh*

On the other hand, it really does look kinda nice, as such things go; I just would rather see it on someone else.