So, let’s keep it simple to start.

How have you been? Where are you in your journey?

I’ve been on an emotional rollercoaster of sorts for a while but we won’t get into that.

I’ve just hit 6mo on HRT and last week I learned…

drumroll please

I finally love myself! Something that has taken me 30 years to learn to do. And that final piece of the puzzle was to embrace myself as Olivia ❤️

So, how have you been? What’s on your mind?

  • O✌🏻
  • dandelionEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Ah, those are good tips, thank you!

    I’ve been learning the “not shaving causes dysphoria” lesson the hard way. Sometimes it feels like self-care to relax when I don’t have to be in public and I can avoid looking in the mirror, etc. - but inevitably I do see a mirror and not shaving even the small amount of hair left makes me dysphoric in ways I don’t even fully understand or immediately recognize.

    In the past I have had a hard time motivating self-care, it’s like I need to work on the meta-level issues to get to the point where I can more easily motivate taking the actions you list here.

    Thank you again for the response! ❤️