Depends on where you start. My mental state was pretty fucked before, and while I can’t say my self confidence is amazing, you shoulda seen it then. Definitely not for everyone, tho.
Yeah, after I posted I realized it probably meant that transitioning to your identified gender improved your mental health, not that girls are more mentally healthy. Same with self-image. I left it because, wiggle-room.
Baby-Transfem here, started HRT literally last week:
Until last friday I was suicidal, constantly depressed and full of self-hate I couldn’t understand.
Since I got my first dose estrogen my mental health drastically improved (as did some other hormone-related body functions that only need the hormones in my blood but not necessarily a prolonged exposure).
I learned from my doc that some transpersons have a brain structure of their non-assigned sex and then show exactly my pattern of relief; meaning my brain was actually born to be estrogen- instead of testosterone-dominated.
(which seems to be based on the hormones oned mom exposed one during 3-4th and 10-14th week of infancy. One periods influences the gender of the brain, the other the sex of the general body)
So while I see where you are coming from, and I heavily prepare myself for all the sexism that will probably bring me back to earth as soon as I visually feminize; I can attest that HRT improved both drastically for me (for now)
Yup! I replied to someone else that my comment was just about female-ness, not about fixing something broken about you. Your situation and result are entirely valid!
You are on a hair trigger, friend. No one’s trying to reject you or hurt you.
Your meme didn’t land with some of us, that doesn’t make you any less valid.
The meme implies the list of benefits simply comes with being a woman, not just from transitioning as a trans person.
If you’re trans, every step of transitioning to your real gender is a real improvement to your life and health.
But if you’re not trans, or are trans, but FtoM or just look at it a little different…
The meme is rubbing people the wrong way because it mixed up the improvements that come from transitioning as a trans person, with being a woman being better than being a man.
If you were assigned male and transitioned or started transitioning to female, of course your life and health will be better!
But you accidentally implied being a woman automatically solves a bunch of problems that women absolutely can and do still have, and that the problems men have are caused by them being men.
“Improved mental state”?
“Improved self-confidence”?
I think the person who made this list did not grow up as a girl. This coming hard on the heels of man/bear.
Keep your kinks to yourself!
Depends on where you start. My mental state was pretty fucked before, and while I can’t say my self confidence is amazing, you shoulda seen it then. Definitely not for everyone, tho.
Yeah, after I posted I realized it probably meant that transitioning to your identified gender improved your mental health, not that girls are more mentally healthy. Same with self-image. I left it because, wiggle-room.
Baby-Transfem here, started HRT literally last week:
Until last friday I was suicidal, constantly depressed and full of self-hate I couldn’t understand.
Since I got my first dose estrogen my mental health drastically improved (as did some other hormone-related body functions that only need the hormones in my blood but not necessarily a prolonged exposure).
I learned from my doc that some transpersons have a brain structure of their non-assigned sex and then show exactly my pattern of relief; meaning my brain was actually born to be estrogen- instead of testosterone-dominated. (which seems to be based on the hormones oned mom exposed one during 3-4th and 10-14th week of infancy. One periods influences the gender of the brain, the other the sex of the general body)
So while I see where you are coming from, and I heavily prepare myself for all the sexism that will probably bring me back to earth as soon as I visually feminize; I can attest that HRT improved both drastically for me (for now)
Yup! I replied to someone else that my comment was just about female-ness, not about fixing something broken about you. Your situation and result are entirely valid!
Are you trying to argue that us trans women aren’t real women you disgusting pig?
You are on a hair trigger, friend. No one’s trying to reject you or hurt you.
Your meme didn’t land with some of us, that doesn’t make you any less valid.
The meme implies the list of benefits simply comes with being a woman, not just from transitioning as a trans person.
If you’re trans, every step of transitioning to your real gender is a real improvement to your life and health.
But if you’re not trans, or are trans, but FtoM or just look at it a little different…
The meme is rubbing people the wrong way because it mixed up the improvements that come from transitioning as a trans person, with being a woman being better than being a man.
If you were assigned male and transitioned or started transitioning to female, of course your life and health will be better!
But you accidentally implied being a woman automatically solves a bunch of problems that women absolutely can and do still have, and that the problems men have are caused by them being men.
Forgot the /s