I Wake Up With A Start And Stumble Out Of Bed

The weirdest thing I never really anticipated about transition is that the things I saw attractive in other people would happen to me on testosterone

I can't remember if I posted this or not but summer Naerenth, courtesy of @meltymoth

Another unexpected (but very positive) consequence of being trans: I kinda "gentle parent" myself now, so to speak? For a long time, I've had a problem of being incredibly hard on myself in kind of every way, which is definitely not a good thing. Part of why this has changed is definitely due to mental health improvements, but I think my journey of improving my mental health and understanding my gender/transitioning are incredibly intertwined. The former kickstarted the latter and the latter drove the former forward. Had one not been present, the other would not have progressed to where it is today. I still am a bit hard on myself at times, especially when I'm frustrated, but I've gotten so much better at just being nice to myself, at just telling myself I'm doing a good job or that I did enough or that it's ok if I can only do part of this task because it's better than nothing, and I'm better at reframing my dysphoria into less of a "I hate this about me" and more of a "look how this has the potential to change." I'm just so much better at treating myself with the same kind of uplifting compassion that I try to show others. Like just. The impact transitioning has had on my mental health is absurd. I genuinely love and care about myself in a way I don't think I ever did before and it's pretty incredible. So. Some credit definitely goes to therapy and various internet people, but boy howdy is my transition already doing so much.

i've decided that if i'm gonna go thru some shit, i'm gonna get some interactions out of it

OC Ginseng

I am trans not because I feel extreme dysphoria as a girl, but I feel extreme euphoria as a boy. The first time I went out in public presenting masculine, and had people refer to me as a boy, filled me with such giddy joy that I can't properly describe. It felt right, it felt like I'd found the missing piece of my life, and that's honestly incredible

Finally waking up as your fursona

He's experiencing this new thing called "sunlight."

MARIO DOOBLES!!!

I was making up a sequel in my head about Luigi being the hero, but it ended up being all about Daisy instead. And I'm okay with that!

GOD I wish someone had told me I was trans so much earlier. Like. I actually take care of myself now. It's amazing. This isn't even sarcastic at all like I have just never had the energy or motivation to fucking take care of myself. But ever since I realized I was trans and figured out who I wanted to be, I've got that motivation now. I can actually get myself to put more than the absolute barebones minimum into caring for my body. It's actually incredible.