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Big Mac posted:I'm curious about what some of these introspection exercises were like. Would you be willing to share? I've got some questions for myself I think are waiting in the wings, based on how it feels reading this thread and the Gender Dysphoria Bible I can't speak to specific introspection exercises, but one thing I will say in regard to sorting yourself out, don't get stuck thinking you have to figure it all out immediately, or that you have to stick with any specific changes, thoughts, or statements you've had. In the 4 years since my egg cracked I've went from cis, to agender, to queer, to trans, to transfem, to "poo poo this is too hard I'm cis again", to non-binary, to "I'll be non-binary until the HRT fully does its thing, and I magically look and present like a cis-girl in her early 20s even though I'm in my late 30s," to "non-binary tomboy who is giving themselves a break and letting life happen as it happens." And it is guaranteed to change hundreds of times more. Identity is an entirely internal thing that can change as you grow. Speaking for myself, I thought I had to find the correct trans stereotype or subclique and then become that in order to be valid. I spent the first year of my transition trying to introspect myself to my perfect dream of who I wanted to be. And by the end I had learned that that wasn't the best way to become who I wanted to be. Also, find a support group (an online one is fine) and just listen for a while. It's very difficult to have productive introspection with only our own experiences to build our thought processes.
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