Ohio. The memes aren’t far off, we have some nice state parks but that’s about it.

I’ve never been good at marathons, but the second best time to start training is now…

I can imagine it felt great after therapy! Having people listen and take what you say seriously is always good to have.

I’m sure I’ll figure out something, I live in the southern half of the state, but at least the capital is smack in the center, so I’m not driving 6 hours if I have to go that far…

Idk who that Zeek person is, but I’m so happy for you Brooke! Super jealous about your coming appointment! I want to ask a few of the girls from the trans-formers group I know where they went for their appointments, I’m hoping I can find someone closer than the state capital…

I’ve been trying to girlmode whenever going out even if I have to leave the house and come back in boy clothes… Today I had to go to the store so I had my bra, some small silicone fillers, a compression cami on, and a “unisex” t shirt (that says “ice can gargle my balls”) with basketball shorts over everything. I had a few people staring at me from the side since I’ve been wearing my hair in a decidedly femenine fashion or putting it in a high ponytail… Other than being called a f* one day by some Douchebags at the park, Its been fairly smooth sailing since I don’t go to densely occupied spaces often.

I’m not looking forward to talking to a doctor, I’d rather they just listen to me and do what I want rather than poke and prod and question to find out if I fit their tiny Checkboxes and if they decide I’m not miserable enough then I don’t get to be who I am… Lol I should probably be in my own therapy

As usual I’m wishing I could pack up and move to PNW 😭

Thank you for sharing, as usual it’s a nice inspiration and motivation for future goals!

Hey I just want head pats and to be told I’m a good girl, I don’t want walkies or a leash, thank you :P

I won’t say no to being the walker though :3

Uhhhhhhhh can I get a time machine pls? You know, for important historical reasons and not at all to give my younger self the support she needed and also a shitload of injections and advice…

Well… I need to get my hands on Estradiol for my older self, first… Lmao

Honestly “constantly battling whether I really am Trans or whether I somehow just made it all up” might as well be a listed symptom of being Trans.

Oof. Imposter syndrome is real.

I keep having self-doubts but I just keep reminding myself of the things I would say to my partner when they were considering getting mobility aids: “people who don’t need them, don’t even consider if they’d be better with them” and “if you still want the thing in 6 months then it’s not shiny object syndrome it’s an actual desire”

Similarly, “cishet AMAB dont even consider transitioning, certainly not at all hours of the day in every circumstance regardless of kinks, suggestions, or outside influence” and since I’ve been wanting this since I was 14, I think it’s safe to say it’s something I really want.

If you’ve gotten to this point (assuming I recognize your user from a post earlier this past week) then you probably shouldn’t be worried about being an imposter. Of course, I can’t definitively tell anyone their own path of self-discovery, but I hope that is a little reassuring.

#TransitionGoals for me. Just pass.

Is… Is that a motherfucking blanket fort filled with blåhaj?

Well I know what my goals are in the coming weeks.

Honestly just browsing egg_irl is pretty much that already 😂

That place is basically like someone just went around making memes as I went around living life.

You look gorgeous!

That pink skirt on the bottom row( I just realized that’s the dress you mean) looks fantastic on you!

When I drove a pickup? Lol no pickup drivers are 99% assholes and pieces of shit.

Now that I’m driving an older model car? Also no, I see a parts bin I can pillage when my car dies.

I basically used my off-hand to pull my skin a little bit to help with the pencil, and rested my dominant hand as much as possible on my cheek. My eyelid moved a bit on the left side, but it was mostly fixed.

I just went with a super thin line around the top and bottom of the lid, and then put a small flick off to either side. Something simple for today.

I need to find someone who knows makeup (partner was never a girly girl and hated makeup) to sit down with and do some easier stuff. Honestly even a little bit I think might go a long way. I have a somewhat androgynous face and if it weren’t for my facial hair I’m wrangling with every day, I think I’d almost pass.

I definitely started out trying to freehand the eyeliner but quickly gave up on that when my hand started trembling.

Damn, I should just find someone to do a full makeover from the shoulders up on me and walk me through the process so I might be able to replicate it.

I’ll take some extra hips. I have none and to fit some of my new clothes properly, I need to wear hip/butt shaping shorts. Downside is I can’t wear midi skirts with the shorts on.

I think I’m better at trying to copy a voice than I am at making my own, but it’s helpful to feel how my throat changes while speaking, so hopefully I’ll find my own voice soon enough.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.

Oh definitely, there’s a nice chunky crystal of sodium on my plate, I’m just using it as a kind of quick reference, and since the website the other comment had shows real time data, I think I’m gonna switch to that since it’s a better “quick reference” lol

My partner watches a lot of short form videos and over the recent months has been getting more and more trans and NB content, and regardless of appearance, the femme voices sound femme regardless of pitch. Heck one of the videos she was watching this morning before I even did my voice training today was specifically about how they change their voice throughout the day. Even after dropping their pitch they pointed out how their voice sounds feminine no matter what their pitch is unless they change other things.

It’s just a nice indicator of mild improvement.

Thank you for telling me though, it’s nice to hear input from people more experienced with feminine voices, regardless of how they got them 😊

I’ll need to check it out tomorrow!

I really want to enjoy it but you know how dysphoria is…

The only concern my partner has with me doing voice training is they thought it would permanently change my voice. They’re going deaf and too high or too low of a pitch is harder for them to hear. I assured them that while some speech patterns will change, I can flip back and forth and probably would mostly use my femme voice when I feel uncomfortable or am around unknown people.

Well certainly keep us updated! I don’t know how I could help, but by all means let me know, this would be helpful for a lot of people!

My partner (newly discovered NB and fem-presenting ) IS super supportive, they’ve been helping me with outfits and things. It’s just this one spot (and my voice, but I totally understand why they don’t want me to use a different voice around them) that seems to be a bit of a blurry area of understanding.

I have tried sending them a few articles (like the gender dysphoria am I trans article) to help better explain why I “wasn’t like this before” although they’ve never said anything like that my own self-doubt wants to explain to her why I was supposedly a man for the last 6 years we’ve known each other. (we’ve broached the topic before but they were more conservative when we first met and got super awkward so I didn’t bring it up again until long after I dragged them to the left and we started hanging out with the LGBT group in town)

Lmao I haven’t measured since high school honestly I’m just guessing, but if your guess is as good as mine then I see no reason beyond my extra fat it shouldn’t work…

Maybe we could try to get mods to start a pinned post or something? No need for names or usernames to be attached to anything, just a listing of measurements and clothes that fit.

Thanks for the info! Have a fantastic day 😊

Yeah, I’m using it as more of a pitch guide, I’ve got a guitar tuner so I could totally just use that, but I already had the app and it’s convenient with graphs and such, so I’ll use it.

I’d love to get a couple afternoons with a voice trainer, that would be FAR more effective than an app.

Heck, even a couple videos of trans women going over voice training exercises in a voice I feel I can emulate is better.

I use an app called VoiceTools

It’s icon has a microphone and pastel blue/pink trans flag motif in the background.

It has a lot of things on it I haven’t even opened yet but one of the options will have you read a couple paragraphs and then at the end it will show you the stuff in the screenshot.

I use android, not sure if it’s available elsewhere.