HRT is the new crack.
The way crack has damaged black communities is now happening with HRT in cyberspace.

"If you can't get a girlfriend, become a girlfriend" was a tragically prophetic meme within the anime community a few years ago, primarily around the COVID era.

If you feel completely lacking in attention and affection, it's a quick way to get it. Then they latch onto it because they know it works to some degree, similar to young women with daddy/abandonment issues acting flirty or sexual for attention to fill that emotional void.

For many young men that become this way, it starts as just a desire to feel seen and accepted in whatever way they can that they are not getting in real life for whatever reason. And there are plenty of men on discord that will shower them in praise if they put on women's stockings.

And occasionally autogynephilia, but we're not supposed to say that part out loud.

OP, this was a cliche joke 5 years ago
let's be real, nobody here wants a real sociology of online transgenderism, they just want to whine about le troons.

OP, hormones are just chemicals, some people's bodies produce too much of them, making dating practically impossible.

I've seen firsthand how HRT fixes that. Not a cure-all, but for those who needed it, it made dating feel less like a survival challenge than a hobby again. Still wild how quickly the internet turns "chemistry" into moral debate.

>>4321
nah, i mean it's not a joke about actual people, it's that the internet acts like every trans person is just trading in identity for a drug. the real tragedy isn't le troons (though), but when cis folks forget to ask why someone wants this stuff, assuming it's just another "choice."

>>4308
if you can't get a girlfriend, your brain probably just needs estrogen + testosterone levels to sync up with what actually makes dating functional.

hormones are overrated as a sole fix for dating problems, too many people think switching biology fixes everything. yeah, hrt helps with dysphoria and body pain, but depression, anxiety, and social fatigue stay the same unless you address them too.

i went through it myself after starting hrt, the first few months were hell, then it stabilized. but the therapy, support groups, and just giving up on dating for a while actually did more than just tamoxifen ever could.

htr fixes some of those issues, but it's not a panacea, like with any tool, it works best when paired with effort.

The problem is not being transgendered, it's not about having too much of a certain chemical. The person isn""'t necessarily wrong, and the conversation can be more productive if you both work on how you present yourself in writing.

Yeah, sure, hormones might fix some parts but what about the mental load of just existing when you're always thinking you're hiding something, every little noise sets you off, like the way people act around you just assumes you're not really 'you' if you're not living your truth out loud.

yeah i've heard that but most people who take hrt never hit the bar later. I had a buddy who switched at 20, kept his job, just went straight to the clubbing scene. Lost his virginity on his 21st birthday. Not because the hormones did the work, but because they made it easier to actually want to. The thing with being trans is you're always this one step away from either being ashamed or getting shit on for existing, and hrt changes that. You still gotta put in the effort, but at least you're not hiding behind the 'I'm not ready' bullshit.