37 years young. Tomorrow, I’m finally asking my home physician to send me to a gender identity clinic to assess whether I have dysphoria according to my country’s standards and policies. If my physician does send me there, then within a few years I might get the much needed diagnosis and then I will finally be eligible for HRT.

MEANWHILE.

I have made a list of things that I can start exploring in order to feel more comfortable with the woman within. Gosh… Please excuse my phrasing. I’m so effing closeted. 😅

  • Hair removal - booked!!! Going on the 27th.

  • Perfumes - planned!!! Trying some out tomorrow.

  • Nails - don’t even know where to start. I have NEVER even given these babies a second’s thought. 😭

  • Wigs - I have no hair. If and when I get diagnosed, the state will provide a certain amount every year to buy wigs and they will refer me to a professional wig maker as part of the treatment for dysphoria.

  • Makeup - no idea where to start. Is there ANY other way than watching YouTube tutorials? Although I totally accept that this probably is the most effective way.

  • Clothes - am I just supposed to try on everything I find pretty? 😅🩷🩵🤍

  • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
    6·
    10 days ago

    Thank you for informing me! I did actually note that there were some links on DIY. I shall see what this years brings. It’s still so new to me, the fact, the notion, that I can be the way I actually am. All these years of repression… oi…

    Anyway, thanks again! 😊

    • Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      10 days ago

      HRT already takes years to do its thing. The idea of having to wait several years to even start seems crazy to me.

      Where I am the wait through the public system would have been like half a year, and 2-3 months privately for lots of money. Didn’t feel like waiting for either…