It really sounds like you're underestimating the extent to which a dramatic change in hormonal makeup like that can affect you - not just your body, but your emotions and expression and even senses. It's not at all limited to the physical stuff you describe, and some of the physical effects (enlarged clit, increased muscle development) only last for as long as you're taking the hormones, which it doesn't sound like you'd be interested in doing long-term.
I think a lot of the potential health risks of HRT are often overstated, but physical transition - no matter how much it gets framed in terms of body modification, etc. - is a big fucking deal both socially and medically, and it's impossible to predict how it will look for any individual person. Some of the stuff you're talking about takes years.
I get that this is just a thinking-aloud kind of post, but it's really important not to downplay how many different things about your body and self hormones affect, and I've gotten the sense from reading your posts that there are a lot of things about testosterone therapy that you would probably be really unhappy with.
I think a lot of the potential health risks of HRT are often overstated, but physical transition - no matter how much it gets framed in terms of body modification, etc. - is a big fucking deal both socially and medically, and it's impossible to predict how it will look for any individual person. Some of the stuff you're talking about takes years.
I get that this is just a thinking-aloud kind of post, but it's really important not to downplay how many different things about your body and self hormones affect, and I've gotten the sense from reading your posts that there are a lot of things about testosterone therapy that you would probably be really unhappy with.
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