I forgot that it's my mega week so no big info dump this time. Instead I bring a question: how do you practice gender self-care? Do you have any activities or rituals that make you feel more comfortable in your gender? Painting my nails and taking care of my hair are the most consistent ones. These shouldn't even be considered gendered activities by society, but I missed out on having long hair and painted nails when I was younger because of my assigned gender, so doing them now feels validating and gives me confidence.


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[โ€“] 3 points 3 months ago* (5 children)

I found progesterone calmed me down a lot, is that coming up as an option?

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    When I get to my new state I can try to figure out insurance and doctors and see if they'll give me a script. Right now I'm on diy so not really. But that'll all take a while tbh.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Oh okay that's rough. Sometimes it can be ordered greymarket from overseas but that can get seized.

    I think it might help, everyone is different but I found it very stabilizing like a slow and steady bass to balance out the estrogen which was beautiful but all over the place.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Yea I feel like it could be a bit. Greymarket is also kinda expensive.

    Oooh that's intriguing, thank you. Most of what I've heard was just horny and makes you sleep good. So it's good to know it helps in other ways because those two effects aren't that appealing to me (although breast growth is)

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 months ago

    In my case, it made me into a crier. I had a really unhealthy grip on my emotions for my whole life, I probably hadn't cried for a decade, but prog turned the water works back on and just never stopped.

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