Around the time I started hrt I was really into that place. That was a very bad time to be exposed to all the brainworms, and it definitely did harm to my mental health. I haven't been back in ages though, and it doesn't really interest me anymore. I think what happened is that I just got busy with other parts of my life. Like I went back to school, got really into fitness, made actual progress with my transition. When I had more going on, rotting on 4chan had less appeal. Also, something that really helps is having irl trans friends who understand a bit about that space and wont mind if you talk about it. I don't have as many trans friends as I would like, but at least I have a few now, and it makes it so much better.
For what it's worth, if you spend enough time on /tttt/ spaces you notice that most of the girls who actually take hormones and work on transitioning will eventually start feeling better about themselves and leave. It's really sort of like baby trans holding zone or gender purgatory. If it would help I'm happy to talk about more specific /tttt/ stuff (I try not to do that here generally), but anyway I'm sorry that you're having a bad time with it right now. Things really do get better.
having irl trans friends who understand a bit about that space and wont mind if you talk about it
Where are these people? I mean, this thread obviously, but having /tttt/ in my background makes me feel like an abaolute freak in any queer space. Having to explain skull size anon, or agp jokes or whatever if I'm having a weird day. It would be cool to have more people who can go "yeah that shit was awful"
It totally depends on where you live and stuff, but in my expiration the majority of 20 something trans women who transitioned as adults are at least somewhat aware of /tttt/ "culture". The problem is that these people aren't the most likely to be found in standard queer spaces (which is too bad, we should be!). I mean the way I made my current friends was by dating them, breaking up, and staying friends after, which is not a very efficient process, would not recommend.
I am thankfully not interested in dating former /tttt/ users :) Surprisingly enough though I can count on one hand the amount of people I've met in discord servers (I do not ever go outside) who I did not have to explain it to...
Around the time I started hrt I was really into that place. That was a very bad time to be exposed to all the brainworms, and it definitely did harm to my mental health. I haven't been back in ages though, and it doesn't really interest me anymore. I think what happened is that I just got busy with other parts of my life. Like I went back to school, got really into fitness, made actual progress with my transition. When I had more going on, rotting on 4chan had less appeal. Also, something that really helps is having irl trans friends who understand a bit about that space and wont mind if you talk about it. I don't have as many trans friends as I would like, but at least I have a few now, and it makes it so much better.
For what it's worth, if you spend enough time on /tttt/ spaces you notice that most of the girls who actually take hormones and work on transitioning will eventually start feeling better about themselves and leave. It's really sort of like baby trans holding zone or gender purgatory. If it would help I'm happy to talk about more specific /tttt/ stuff (I try not to do that here generally), but anyway I'm sorry that you're having a bad time with it right now. Things really do get better.
Where are these people? I mean, this thread obviously, but having /tttt/ in my background makes me feel like an abaolute freak in any queer space. Having to explain skull size anon, or agp jokes or whatever if I'm having a weird day. It would be cool to have more people who can go "yeah that shit was awful"
It totally depends on where you live and stuff, but in my expiration the majority of 20 something trans women who transitioned as adults are at least somewhat aware of /tttt/ "culture". The problem is that these people aren't the most likely to be found in standard queer spaces (which is too bad, we should be!). I mean the way I made my current friends was by dating them, breaking up, and staying friends after, which is not a very efficient process, would not recommend.
I am thankfully not interested in dating former /tttt/ users :) Surprisingly enough though I can count on one hand the amount of people I've met in discord servers (I do not ever go outside) who I did not have to explain it to...