Does anyone else have or had a problem creating and maintaining a female self image in your mind? I can barely do it if at all, and it can be a little distressing. I can only see myself as the overly masculine body that I currently have.

I’m not on HRT nor presenting as a woman in public. Maybe if I was my self image would change?

  • NCC-21166 (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 hours ago

    I don’t know if I have a problem seeing myself. My problem is that who I see is ever so slightly different over time. I also know that the self-image I have is incongruent with many things. Gender. Age. Some basic physical features, like hair and eye color. It’s not just the visual, either. There’s a gap between how I carry myself today vs. how I feel I should be physically moving. How I sound is wrong. My scent isn’t correct, either. So while I don’t need to force myself to mentally conjure my self-image, it’s a struggle to keep it nailed down to a single me sometimes.

    • Kate-ay@lemmy.worldOP
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      14 hours ago

      Age and hair are a big part of it for me, especially the hair because I have none lol. Presenting as male its no big deal but my god is it a problem otherwise.