u/Classic-Attorney-796

Hope this sort of question is allowed here. I’m 17 (turned at the beginning of the year) and have been on estrogen for about 2 months. I recently took my measurements for the first time since I was curious, and realized that I have very, very normal, and even pretty slim measurements for the most part. 32 inch underbust, 28 inch waist (a little tight when measuring, but i’m a tiny bit overweight. it’d be more like 30 if i measured it loosely i guess), and 33-34 inch hips. Despite this, my torso looks extremely wide. Maybe it’s because of my shoulders being broader including muscle and fat? they’re like 14.5 inches with just bone, and 16-17 with fat and muscle. I think my posture is a bit bad as well, since i slouch a little. maybe that contributes too. I’m 5’5”, so maybe because im a bit shorter and my torso is a little shorter it looks wider.

Anyway, I was curious, is there any merit to dysphoria being able to literally distort your self perception? almost hallucinogenic, I suppose. It’s just so odd to me that despite these measurements, my chest looks really broad and masculine.

Hi! Hope this post is allowed here, can delete if not. I'm a High school student going into my senior year after this coming summer, and over the last year have had my interest in space reignited with the artemis launch, the biosignatures found on mars last September, etc. I've been doing a lot of thinking about what I want to do for college, as I was previously set on going to art school (and have the majority of my portfolio done) but have had second thoughts.

I've found myself incredibly interested in the study of life outside of earth and on other planets (or any signs of such) and wanted to ask, if I want to pursue a career in lets say, Astrobiology or a similar field, what would be a good first step regarding college? I was looking into microbiology, but my concern is that the focus is more on the pharmaceutical side, centering too much on diseases and viruses etc.

Any advice appreciated. thanks.

Hey! Hope this is okay to post here.. I don’t really use reddit often so I’m unsure how this works. I’m a teenage trans girl who’s been on HRT for about 2 months now, and am starting to experience some chest growth and was curious what my underbust measurement was for future reference. Problem is, I only have a 60 inch soft measuring tape and am a little confused on where exactly I’m supposed to read the measurement? Do I read it where the 0 overlaps with the other side of the tape measure (i.e, pull the loose tape all the way until it’s snug) or just where the two sides meet?

Thanks, all of this is very new to me so I wasn’t exactly sure where else to ask 😭

Hey, I hope this is fine to post here. If not, let me know. I'm currently working on a writing project set in 1989 New Orleans. While it's quite easy to find detailed information on what current life in the city is like, alongside it's current struggles and issues, it is much harder to find information on what things were like 37 years ago, roughly.

Any information or resource suggestions would be highly appreciated, thanks.

I’m 17 (turned in january) and have been on HRT for just over a month. For a very, very long time, I’d say up until probably about 5 or 6 months ago, my face read primarily feminine, at least from the front. I mean, it still reads mostly feminine, just less so. My features are sharper, especially from the side. I feel like my brow has become more emphasized and my forehead now has a very slight slope to it. My nose has always been much sharper and more masculine than id like, but one feature wasn’t enough to make me feel bad about myself. Now, I feel like my entire face has gotten worse, especially my side profile. my nose is masculine and pointy, my brow juts forward a tiny bit, my chin juts out, and my lips jut out a bit mostly from an overbite i’ve had for years (getting braces soon, been a long time coming but has had to be delayed for various reasons) and i just look extremely ugly and masculine especially from the side.

I feel like Im mourning my own face. I don’t really know how to cope with it, since I know I won’t be able to afford FFS in my lifetime most likely, not unless most of it is covered by insurance. I just feel a little hopeless that the one thing I was confident about myself has become one of my biggest sources of dysphoria. Not to mention that I lost some hair due to telogen effluvium (diagnosed after a biopsy) about a year ago, that hasn’t come back in the slightest. I just feel like anything and everything I liked about myself has fallen apart, and I’m not too sure how to cope with it.