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To my trans friends I have a quick question, Before you started HRT were u nervous? I have an appointment with a provider to start in September and I’m like so excited but I think a part of me is still second guessing/nervous about the situation.
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Anonymous 17w

definitely! cause no amount of educating myself on the effects was actually gonna make it possible to anticipate what my own experience of it would be like, what I would look like in a year or two, how I’d feel etc but it turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. and if at any point you start to question whether you really like being on HRT, you can always stop / pause, change your dose and/or influence the effects with additional meds

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Anonymous 17w

Like I know this is something I want to do, I’ll never forget get the release I felt when I finally came to terms with it but these new nerves are just like… new I guess? And they’re starting to make me think. If anyone else felt like this please relay because I’m trying to figure out if alone haha!

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Anonymous 17w

I was definitely nervous, I even stopped taking hormones for a few months because I was scared of transitioning “too much” and not being accepted by others anymore (essentially being at a point where I didn’t pass as either sex). In the end, it is the right choice for me but you just have to be flexible with yourself- it’s understandably scary.

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