My friends have been really sweet and were referring to all past events with my new name, which I was initially surprised at.
I think they are probably also trying to be careful to not offend. But yea if unsure, you can just ask.
Thanks I appreciate this community so much <3, and I have also misgendered myself recently, with habitual speech patterns too haha.
The doubts come and go still, but it is pretty mild now. It mostly just depends on my mood.
For voice training, since I'm a research-aholic and self-motivated, I've found plenty of online guides for getting the fundamentals right, raising larynx, resonance, mouth/tongue position, etc.
Here's some of the guides I've followed to various degrees. Warning, some are very theory heavy, but afaict it's all pretty similar.
The main thing is to get into a good daily routine with basic exercises and work your way up.
My mood is back to normal-ish since my high last week. Back to fighting low key self-doubt.
Got some appointments soon hopefully to get things really started.
Trying to think of how to come out to my irl/online friends and failing to make the leap of faith.
Although I found a girl name I like and I'm trying it out in a few places.
Similarly, as a new trans-femme I can get this app to show >90% female, and 5% male, just by pitching higher, but my voice clearly just sounds like a softer/lighter masc voice. My base voice isn't that deep, but it is very raspy and clumsy, so I've been struggling too.
@Courtney You got this, just follow the usual guides on resonance and fullness, I only just started recently, but I can tell the resonance stuff helps, and I'm moving in the right direction.
Here are the two guides I've been following, if it helps.
Since I came out to myself (and a few others), it's been a mixed bag, leaning towards better than not.
I ugly cried twice, maybe for the first times in my life, first while rewatching GitS SAC, ep2. That might have been the most obvious trans allegory that totally flew by me when I first watched it in childhood. Then I cried just as hard when I started playing Celeste yesterday, when right at the beginning, the dialog from level 1 said something like "just breathe, you got this" (also I suck at platformers).
I was able to talk to one cis-female friend over online DMs about it. I had met her irl once, and she's super nice and supportive. I'm looking forward to bonding with her more over girly things :3
Weight loss has somehow become effortless for me. I had been struggling with my mental health for about a year, thinking it was just ADHD, and coping with food sometimes. But now it's all super lucid and I don't feel the urge to just eat when I'm bored.
Voice training sucks. Picking a new name is hard.
Occasionally I have doubts since my guy brain is still dominant. I wrote down all the really obvious reasons to myself as notes, and that helps a bit. It's just one of those things where intellectually I know I must be trans, but emotionally I'm not really there yet.
I have my first appointment at a local clinic at the end of this upcoming week, and I'm really excited.
My friends have been really sweet and were referring to all past events with my new name, which I was initially surprised at. I think they are probably also trying to be careful to not offend. But yea if unsure, you can just ask.
I just experienced this a few days ago, and I almost cried. Only 1 month into HRT. Feels amazing
military academy hijinks and nonsense, MC has the power to "detect the feelings of food and those who prepared it"
also you kind of need to know BlazBlue story and characters for it to make some sense
Oh it's just a pill bottle of 2mg Estradiol. Noted for next time
Sounds amazing :)
Thanks I appreciate this community so much <3, and I have also misgendered myself recently, with habitual speech patterns too haha. The doubts come and go still, but it is pretty mild now. It mostly just depends on my mood.
For voice training, since I'm a research-aholic and self-motivated, I've found plenty of online guides for getting the fundamentals right, raising larynx, resonance, mouth/tongue position, etc.
Here's some of the guides I've followed to various degrees. Warning, some are very theory heavy, but afaict it's all pretty similar. The main thing is to get into a good daily routine with basic exercises and work your way up.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkZ-3sMGEmDwlD5zNgEtWJwz8WDt6H8OZ
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j_-8dndFzKTX0xBSF15ZEJWdw958ryh0IPKq1sz8p04
https://old.reddit.com/r/transvoice/comments/d3clhe/ls_voice_training_guide_level_1_for_mtf/
Unsure yet, I'm just starting off with the recommended doses by my doctor.
Thanks. That's helpful, I hadn't run into that yet.
Thanks.
It's good to know I'm not the only one who felt initially weird about the new pronouns and name.
14/25, almost but sadly no bingo :(
Cute affffff! Slayyy
Kind of mid.
My mood is back to normal-ish since my high last week. Back to fighting low key self-doubt. Got some appointments soon hopefully to get things really started.
Trying to think of how to come out to my irl/online friends and failing to make the leap of faith. Although I found a girl name I like and I'm trying it out in a few places.
Hi, congrats!
I find every little bit of self affirmation helps, start small, go at your own pace.
You got this ♡
All the time. So then I overshare and explain the reference entirely...
Thanks. Yea I'm doing ok atm, it's just a constant nagging that won't go away
Hell yes, new style unlocked for future me
I'm fighting it with logic and FAX. Eventually my emotions will get it
Similarly, as a new trans-femme I can get this app to show >90% female, and 5% male, just by pitching higher, but my voice clearly just sounds like a softer/lighter masc voice. My base voice isn't that deep, but it is very raspy and clumsy, so I've been struggling too.
@Courtney You got this, just follow the usual guides on resonance and fullness, I only just started recently, but I can tell the resonance stuff helps, and I'm moving in the right direction. Here are the two guides I've been following, if it helps.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j_-8dndFzKTX0xBSF15ZEJWdw958ryh0IPKq1sz8p04/edit?tab=t.0
https://old.reddit.com/r/transvoice/comments/d3clhe/ls_voice_training_guide_level_1_for_mtf/
One thing that really gave me hope is this clip from the first guide: https://clyp.it/xavctl0s
And here's the frequency difference of the above clip, showing before and after, NOT my voice FYI:
Since I came out to myself (and a few others), it's been a mixed bag, leaning towards better than not.
I ugly cried twice, maybe for the first times in my life, first while rewatching GitS SAC, ep2. That might have been the most obvious trans allegory that totally flew by me when I first watched it in childhood. Then I cried just as hard when I started playing Celeste yesterday, when right at the beginning, the dialog from level 1 said something like "just breathe, you got this" (also I suck at platformers).
I was able to talk to one cis-female friend over online DMs about it. I had met her irl once, and she's super nice and supportive. I'm looking forward to bonding with her more over girly things :3
Weight loss has somehow become effortless for me. I had been struggling with my mental health for about a year, thinking it was just ADHD, and coping with food sometimes. But now it's all super lucid and I don't feel the urge to just eat when I'm bored.
Voice training sucks. Picking a new name is hard.
Occasionally I have doubts since my guy brain is still dominant. I wrote down all the really obvious reasons to myself as notes, and that helps a bit. It's just one of those things where intellectually I know I must be trans, but emotionally I'm not really there yet.
I have my first appointment at a local clinic at the end of this upcoming week, and I'm really excited.
You sound amazing!