TW: How do you all cope with Dysphoria drop em down below

Tylers_Pretty_Rad 9/2/2021 01:06 pm 2194

I was just hoping these could help me or anyone else looking for ways

For me (a completely closeted person)

-Do any gender-conforming things that help

-Honestly sleep

-Draw me as I hope others will one day see me

-Write myself letters

-Act out an introduction in the mirror where I use name/pronouns

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Sep 6, 2021 6:35 pm

we love dyphoria hoodies kao cool

Sep 6, 2021 7:14 pm

well, i dont have a gender. im not enby, i just am me. but when i thought i was a trans ftm, this is what i would do to cope with stuff i hated about my body (which ive come to realize im not trans)

-hoodie
-dress masc subtley
-get a hair cut that was short but still made me look like a female (cause me mom is a no no word with these things)
thats bout it tbh




  • trickster_brostrider
Sep 6, 2021 7:40 pm

scream into the void

Sep 6, 2021 7:44 pm

idk if this is bad but i just kinda frame it as nothnig more than a birth defect

distancing myself from the idea of ever being female helps alot imo

Sep 6, 2021 9:08 pm

i prefer to present very masculine, so this may not help everyone! but it helps me happy

wear fingerless gloves

if I want to present femininely but i dont wanna look too feminine I might wear something like a skirt but then wear a hoodie with it and roll the sleeves up, it gives me a masculine shape :3

talk in a lower voice/ sing songs with lower pitches

play instruments

bind (if I can! reminder to BIND SAFELY)

tie hair back/put it in a hat or part it so that it makes my face look more square

jean jackets/ overalls help with chest dysphoria! especially if theyre a lil big.

read

Sep 6, 2021 9:09 pm

if ur parents wont let u cut ur hair but u want it cut! what I did was I asked if i could get more layers in my hair, and I also asked if i could shave the sides of my head! it makes me feel more masculine, plus u could have a manbun

Sep 7, 2021 12:28 am

I’m AFAB transmasc and if chest dysphoria gets too much and I can’t wear a sports bra or smth to stop it, getting a pillow, putting it over my chest and tucking it under my arms works really well

Sep 7, 2021 12:31 am
@Maxitlas: omg fingerless gloves are the best things ever!! I have dysphoria around the way my hands look and fingerless gloves just make me feel so much better om
Sep 7, 2021 8:39 am

idk if i can help too much because im intersex but i definitely have dysphoria about certain parts of my body that look femme. Personally, I find if you cant have a binder simply not wearing a bra can help. (I have a bigger chest if that helps) I also find tucking in my shirts and wearing belts makes me feel more masc.

Sep 7, 2021 9:14 am

idk if ur lookin 4 tipz 4 tranz mazc or tranz femme experiencez, but ive got sum 4 both since im weird

-if binderz r out of ur price range, tranz tape iz a lot more inexpenzive in comparizon! u can wear em while swimmin/showerin n they dont have a time limit on how long u can wear em! 4 me they stay on 4 ab a week b4 frayin n gettin annoyin

-da no shirt, sweatpantz combo iz p rad

-paintin ur toenailz if ur not out 2 family (n u can reazonably wear sockz while around em)

-uzin saftey pinz 2 sinch ur waiztbandz tighter 2 ur waist 4 a more hourglazz figure

-sittin pozitionz r weirdly gendered,, try sittin more mazc/femme sumtimez

-practice shiftin ur voice lower/higher (be safe ab thiz tho! go slowly, cuz u can rlly hurt ur voice if u strain it 2 much :c)

-id also reccomend lookin in2 /how/ mazc/femme ppl speak in tonez n emotionz, even the reazonz we speak r different dependin on if ur afab/amab, itz rlly intereztin! ("Gendered Interaction: Masculine and Feminine Styles of Verbal Communication" by Juila T. Wood is a rlly good read, i reccommend it!)