• Turious@leaf.dance
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        I’m afraid it’s not so simple in my case. I live in the deep rural US. It’s not worth it in any aspect.

  • Matthew@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    I used to be a woman, so I’d say I freak out and then I’d be depressed lol

  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    1 year ago

    I would announce my transition online and isolate myself for 6 months with no pictures so I can try to keep being identified by society as the same person and not become undocumented and lose everything I own etc. Nobody’s going to believe a story about magic bullshit, they would just assume you’re a different person.

  • emptyother@programming.dev
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    1 year ago

    Find it really effin fascinating. But then keep dressing in mens clothes.

    I have a fascination with gender swapping (and general body transformation) but it has never extended to clothes. I dont get why its so often clothes and crossdressing that other people of this kind enjoy. I just would appreciate a different body. And lower height. And not being so scary-looking. But being socially able to dress in female clothing doesnt interest me at all.

  • rockandsock@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    1 year ago

    Call one of my woman friends and ask them come over to help me to learn do the woman stuff I don’t know how to do.

  • key@lemmy.keychat.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Panic. I’d immediately wonder if I suffered a stroke in the middle of the night that makes me think I changed. Or if I did magically change, did other people’s memories change too? I’d check my ID, birth certificate, any other paperwork, even old pictures for signs of gender. Figure out a way to indirectly ask a family member. Try to tell if my pets recognize me or are treating me like a stranger.

    I’d have to text out sick from work as long as possible because I wouldn’t know how to explain my sudden difference in voice and appearance. I’d be too busy panicking over what happened and trying to reevaluate everything I know about myself. Am I gay now? Am I trans now? Do all my interests stay the same? My socialization as a child didn’t change and it’s nurture not nature, right? Are my genetics different? Am I prone to different health risks now? Am I still me or did asgardian aliens put my memories in a clone body and mess up a chromosome?

    If I don’t change back I’ll start doing research into legally changing gender and coming up with a story to tell everyone who knew me. I live in an area that’s fairly pro-trans so at least I wouldn’t have to face insurmountable legal hurdles to get a name and ID swap. At some point I’d consider HRT to go back, but that can take so long (especially because I’d sound insane if I explained what happened) I’d realistically have to transition both directions legally, which I imagine would be its own hell.

    Eventually I’d calm down enough to explore myself physically.