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Anonymous10/19/25, 02:34No.41392319What drives trans men to transition?
Growing up in a liberal area, most of the trans friends I had in highschool were trans guys, I figure because it's a little easier to be out as one as a teenager because people are more accepting of masc presenting women (not saying this is what trans men are, just what they are percieved as pre transition.)
I always went in with the mindset of 'oh this person is just experiencing what I am but reversed' but that doesn't seem to be entirely the case. I am a tranny and strive to be feminine so, someone *not* wanting that is a thing I can't rlly wrap my head around this time.
I'd like to avoid vitriol, this is a sincere question, I just wanna ask what it's like and how that stripe of dysphoria feels.
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Anon10/19/25, 02:45No.41392421
the afab position on gender is rarely one of complete dysphoria. thus the analog for ftm hsts are virtually nonexist, spare a very scant amount of gigayoungshits (see the local fox news coverage on a ftm barely 12).thus leaves ftms to in large part be agp, seeking only gender euphoria.neither their feminine position in society or the mirror ever being a true burden. many are okay with being women or masculine women, being a man or nonbinary is just better.this is contrasted to the mtf doctrine that being a girl would be a concession to the true goal of not experiencing dysphoria, ie living
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Anon10/19/25, 02:51No.41392488
the best way i can describe it is that i felt like a shell when i was a girl. i wasn't a person, i wasn't living, i was just going through life on autopilot. it was like i was wearing a mask all the time. i dated girls and couldn't stay in a relationship longer than six months at most because i could barely stand to be touched. i just puppeted my body from place to place until i got on hormones.
so i suppose what drives me to transition is dysphoria and the desire to be male, or at least a close approximation.
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Anon10/19/25, 02:54No.41392514
You already know the answer.....
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Anon10/19/25, 03:01No.41392565
I wanted my breasts to fall off as soon as they started developing and it all went downhill from there, and I think that's later for noticeable dysphoria to start than most. A lot of other trans men were already insistent about being male and being uncomfortable with feminine things before puberty even started
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Anon10/19/25, 03:02No.41392576
It was a while ago, so my memory of the beginning of everything is a little fuzzy, but I experienced severe amounts of distress at my secondary sex characteristics and being perceived as female. I also experienced what I at the time thought was unrelated suicidal depression but it went away after starting testosterone.
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Anon10/19/25, 03:15No.41392667
Never got the AGP accusations. Most trannies i know have 0 sex drive
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Anon10/19/25, 03:16No.41392669
It felt like being trapped in a slowly-growing suit made of too-soft, weird baby marshmallow skin. the female fat deposits, boobs, and the estrogenized skin were gross. Tumorous. I dissociated constantly. When I pinched myself I would have these sudden thoughts of shaving it off my body, though I didn't really get why I felt like "my body" was underneath all that.Also sometimes phantom sensations.watching other boys my age hit puberty and outpace me was sad in this weird wistful kind of way, and humiliating. I am attracted to guys, but I spent a lot of time fixating on shit that no other girl my age seemed to care about, like leg hair and bony wrists. I doodled a lot of pictures of men that look like I do currently. I did not really get why.Currently, my body is good genderwise. I don't really think about it that much. beard, visible arm veins, whatever, feel...comfy? It feels like an old pair of jeans.
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Anon10/19/25, 03:23No.41392717
not transmasc but I just came to say radiohead and evangelion is peak.
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Anon10/19/25, 03:24No.41392729
I like radiohead