i oscillate between envying trans men and feeling envious of women + regretting top surgery
i have no idea how to proceed with this. i am 20 now, and came out, started HRT, and got top surgery at 18. it was a breeze for me despite living in FL, i had a decent sum of money come my way on my 18th birthday from an insurance settlement. a therapist i had only seen once or twice wrote my recommendation letter simply because i asked her to.
i have BPD, so my mind fundamentally changes on EVERYTHING, all the time. i’ve been off T for a few months now, hoping it would give me some clarity, but it did not. yesterday, i screamed and cried on the toilet while taking care of my period. i wanted to inject myself with the supply i have to never have a period again. i looked at a trans man with facial hair and wanted to be him.
this morning, i saw a picture of a girl with big boobs, and felt a deep sense of regret for getting surgery. i wanted to be her.
it is difficult to decipher whether these strong feelings are rooted in gender, or perhaps i felt envious because both of these people in question seem confident while i am drowning in insecurities.
i don’t know what to fucking do. i am not finding any clarity in this. i don’t want to just wait until my BPD symptoms improve, because i am deeply uncomfortable with what i see in the mirror. it feels wrong to exist in this in-between state… i haven’t felt confident in my appearance since my 18th birthday, when i went to a goth club sporting my cleavage and heavy makeup.
i didn’t write down my feelings leading up to my decision to transition, so it’s difficult to access them. i have a very foggy memory and have been in a dissociative haze ever since childhood. i asked my mom about it, and she told me that both her and the entire family suspected i would come to regret surgery/transitioning. i suspect that i felt inferior as a woman, and that becoming something else would help me. it did not.
any advice on how to proceed? ideally, i want to find happiness in my new body. my hairy body with no chest and no penis. my girlish mannerisms and indecipherable face. but at the end of the day i am deeply uncomfortable existing like this.