MTF 24 Being positive at your own discretion is the only way to combat nihilism, but optimism itself is distorted.

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  • “I’ve never cut deeper than a cat scratch, I’m such a larper.” this is what i told myself when i was actively whipping myself with a rope because i thought it would make me a better person. i had welts for days. its not a competition, its a form of coping, if not extremely neglectful/dangerous coping.


  • i killed my sex drive with extreme amounts of coping and probably a lot of estrogen. while i appreciate not having to masturbate with what i despise, it still is almost like a mental block. before that, i hated sex, but testosterone is a beast that really has no off switch. i think im asexual from chemical castration, but it wouldn’t be true to say im explicitly against sex, just against sex with the body i have. while it hurts, its probably the safest option for me, and it definitely lets me stay out of potentially dangerous situations i was putting myself in before. i still get turned on but i sort of regret the fact it is usually very abstract or just, imagining things without me really being there.















  • youre holding yourself to a standard that most people would fall under, honestly. you dont need to know how to do all of those things to be a real person. sometimes, admitting that you dont know something is the most human thing you can do, and sometimes people will actually bond with you by explaining it or just holding a conversation with you explaining about a topic. it is embarrassing to be in a situation you cant control, but by just regarding yourself a huge “loser” (which isnt true, you seem pretty cool from what ive seen you post so far), the only control your forcing is by putting yourself in a cell and expecting to be a better person because of it. i hope you can give yourself a little leeway, because you dont deserve how harsh youre being to yourself.