hey i properly started HRT pretty close to my 23rd birthday! it just takes time. i didn’t look visibly different at all (aside from my increasing long hair) until maybe 5 or 6 months in, and the changes i’ve noticed since are still coming along very slowly. of course you don’t pass after 3 months; you’ve barely even started! give it a year and you’ll be surprised by how different stuff looks.
EDIT: if you do wanna chat, feel free to msg me on lemmy or matrix (see my bio) :3
I started on my 23rd! Thank you for the kind words. Yeah, the “give it a year” thing is what I keep telling myself. Paranoia and impatience have me in an occasional spiral like the above… Sorry about that. Trying to workaround it best I can in the meantime by learning better fashion, but I gotta say I don’t think everything I’m trying is working and I definitely don’t have funds to throw at a wall figuring it out right now. I’m lost.
btw if you didn’t know that: blahaj zone has its own matrix chat group, you can find it in the sidebar of the https://lem.lemmy.blahaj.zone/ main page (i think)
and i totally get you on the fashion stuff! figuring out what looks good takes a lot of time and effort and practice, especially when you haven’t ever really thought about it before. to be honest with you i’ve really fallen back to my old “wardrobe” (cargo shorts + whatever graphic tee is on top of the pile) the last few weeks. i don’t necessarily mind, but i want to keep trying more stuff. should really swing by the thrift store and see if i can find something to get inspired again…
hey i properly started HRT pretty close to my 23rd birthday! it just takes time. i didn’t look visibly different at all (aside from my increasing long hair) until maybe 5 or 6 months in, and the changes i’ve noticed since are still coming along very slowly. of course you don’t pass after 3 months; you’ve barely even started! give it a year and you’ll be surprised by how different stuff looks.
EDIT: if you do wanna chat, feel free to msg me on lemmy or matrix (see my bio) :3
I started on my 23rd! Thank you for the kind words. Yeah, the “give it a year” thing is what I keep telling myself. Paranoia and impatience have me in an occasional spiral like the above… Sorry about that. Trying to workaround it best I can in the meantime by learning better fashion, but I gotta say I don’t think everything I’m trying is working and I definitely don’t have funds to throw at a wall figuring it out right now. I’m lost.
I’d love to chat! <3
btw if you didn’t know that: blahaj zone has its own matrix chat group, you can find it in the sidebar of the https://lem.lemmy.blahaj.zone/ main page (i think)
spiraling is fine, we all do it <3
and i totally get you on the fashion stuff! figuring out what looks good takes a lot of time and effort and practice, especially when you haven’t ever really thought about it before. to be honest with you i’ve really fallen back to my old “wardrobe” (cargo shorts + whatever graphic tee is on top of the pile) the last few weeks. i don’t necessarily mind, but i want to keep trying more stuff. should really swing by the thrift store and see if i can find something to get inspired again…