GoddessRandi:
My last piece of input is fat can be extremely feminine feeling, especially once on hormones. Like when i feel my soft thighs i have now its extremely validating in my feminity. Not saying i don't still struggle with dysphoria anymore when gaining, but its a mixed bag at times and partially fights with the touch of body dysmorphia i struggle with.
My last piece of input is fat can be extremely feminine feeling, especially once on hormones. Like when i feel my soft thighs i have now its extremely validating in my feminity. Not saying i don't still struggle with dysphoria anymore when gaining, but its a mixed bag at times and partially fights with the touch of body dysmorphia i struggle with.
As a trans woman I had the same experience. When I started transitioning twenty years ago I was really skinny. I initially envisioned that I would need more surgeries to get to a place where I felt comfortable in my own skin. As I got older and unintentionally put on a little weight, it really addressed most of my feelings of dysmorphia. I've continued to gain weight over time (unintentionally - I am not a feedee), and have been hovering around 200 lbs (+/- 20 lbs) for the last 5 years and I honestly feel very at home in my softer, curvy body.
Thanks for sharing your story, and I hope your dysmorphia becomes less and less and one day you'll hardly notice that it's not there.
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