you re going to have natural hesitation too becuase even if you do have extreme body dysphoria or dysphoria in general you are familiar with the body and hormones you naturally grew up with, even if you despise them, they are familiar. and to know that hormones can change and alter all that within months or a few years is scary, becuase you are going into unfamilar territory, you know whats ahead for the future but it is still new, and change can be very terrifying, but also very rewarding
This video convinced me to pursue transition. I just CAN'T imagine myself in the future as a woman. I can't. In fact, I wrote a coming out letter for my brother, and this video convinced me to send it. I CAME OUT TO MY BROTHER!!!!! I'M SO HAPPY AND PROUD!!!!!!! He's being hella supportive and great and wonderful. Now it's just the parents that are a struggle. I'm glad I have my brother as a support system though if things go south.
Your videos are raw, to the point, and completely amazing. I know you've heard it a thousand million times before, but thank you for putting them out there. I'm so scared and confused about HRT right now. I've known literally my whole life I was non-gendered. I've had upper body dysphoria (what a cruddy word...I don't even like that word. I feel like it should belong to people who are like "If I'm in this f*king body one more minute I'm going to die." Whereas I'm just like "I hate these blobulous fat pendulums obscuring my chest," and "I hate this female fat distribution," and just generally saddened because I don't have a male upper body like I should. Sorry. Long off-topic rant.) for a very long time. It was something that I gradually woke up to, and something I've now just numbed out. I've known for 3 years now that I wanted to be on T (I would've known sooner if I had been aware of the trans community, and also if I had realized that the trans community is NOT just a bunch of pissed off, raging men who will flame-broil you alive for slipping up on their pronoun or for being lesbian). BUT... I have beard anxiety. BADLY. I fear waking up one morning with male privilige and just wanting to kill every male on site for being chauvinistic, misogynistic assholes, whwn not all are. I fear the changes, because I fear change. I fear becoming depressed with who I'm becoming and losing who I am. And, I fear losing my visibility within the lesbian community (because seriously...straight wymin scare me, and most gay men I've dealt with annoy me). I know these are kind of lame reasons to be hesitant, but...they're mine. Your videos speak to me on so many levels. You rock. Keep it up.
I literally just made a video about this exact issue with my doubts and fears about starting T, (that I haven't uploaded yet), so jesus, I needed this.
Chase, thank you so much for doing this video. I've been nervous about going to a therapist and possibly getting T, so knowing that it's a natural feeling is something that's really helping me calm down and think the transition process through. Thanks again, and you, sir, have a fantastic day :)
Thank you so much for making this video. I'm non-binary and I've been thinking of going on T for a long time -- I think this might have been just what I needed.
I was out and actively identifying as male at 14, but I waited until this year (currently 24) to start Testosterone. I was freaking terrified when I got my first prescription. I felt so stupid for being so nervous, but it can be incredibly intimidating. I'm having health issues now though and my endocrinologist wants me to stop taking T, which is horribly devastating. I waited 10 years to start this medicine, had all that anxiety; I'm now feeling so much better about my body and self image, and they want to take it all away.
thank you so much, i really needed this. i'm supposed to start tomorrow and am really nervous and I didn't expect to find someone who felt so precisely what I do (even down to the whole granny thing) who has proceeded with transitioning and turned out as positive and confident as you! thank you again
Hey Chase, I'm the one who asked you about testosterone hesitation last year and now I'm getting T in a few month and I just can't wait so I just want to thank you so much, you got me a self confidence boost by making this video and it still helps me today.
I had that hesitation for a long time, nearly five years now. Since my coming out, really. I've never liked doctors or medicine and I'm sickly enough already that I was just pushing the thought away constantly. I thought I'd just be alright. But at that point, I never passed, mostly because I was still in school with my birth name. But the second I turned 18 after graduation, I changed my name. And then I just started passing sometimes and being called my real name all the time and not my birth name just boosted that confidence in me so that, about six months ago, I started feeling like yeah, this is something I need to do. And today, I've finally been approved to see one of two gender therapists in the area so, hopefully it'll happen soon.
I'm 19 and I start hormones on Thursday and I've always used this advice because it really is great advice and honestly it's so good for the trans community to know it's okay to get off hormones or not get on hormones at all I've wanted this for so long and you're so right. now that it's here it's hard to grasp. but im so excited and I'm gonna keep this in mind
this is my third time watching this video, i scheduled my T appointment in two weeks and im doubting if i needed it. Because of you and of this video, it made me realize i was normal to be scared and doubt. I wanted to look like a cis male teen so bad and this is what i needed. thank you chase, you've helped me realize who i was. you'll always be my first ever role model
Thanks a lot for this video, Chase. That's exactly what I needed to hear right now. It's been six years that I'm fighting to have T, and now that it's happening I feel a bit guilty/hesitant/bad. I'm so glad I discovered your channel!
This video has helped me significantly. I have an opportunity to start T soon , but have been having some hesitations and your advice has really helped me realize that this is what I need to do. Thanks Chase.
Dude, thank you, I really needed this. I only began hesitating after I started T, because some of the changes are permanent, and there is always the off chance that I will change my mind. Which is silly because I have had these feelings my whole life. But it is especially difficult being under 18 years old. The whole world telling you that you cannot make such a decision. Man, it's har
Something that I just find really great is that chase must have filmed this immediately before the DIY packer video, because that weird Norwegian soup is right behind him.
u make me laugh.... I applaud your strength and wisdom professor chasey-poo! but real talk tho! Im starting gender therapy on the 30th and i know I need this. I also have those moment setbacks of "am I ready?" thoughts. but then I snap out of it when I cross paths with the mirror.
i'm pre T. and i have a problem imagining the future. lately, i can picture myself as a guy having a good future. not a typical one - like going to college, ect. but being a transgender guy who wants to make ppl feel good about their sexuality and gender identity. i can see a guy - it's easier for me to see and i see a happy "me". if i see myself as my birth gender... i see someone stuck in life, sad, confused, like right now. ever moving forward in my life. feeling like i won't be satisfied no matter what. even if i had a good job, i don't think i'd feel 100% satisfied because deep down, i don't think i'm being who i am. i feel like i'd suffer with friendships, opportunities, ect. right now, dating is a struggle for me - sure, i'm not huge into dating. but, i feel as if sex and dating is being restricted because of bottom dysphoria and other reasons of being trans. i don't have a job either because... well, deep down i think i don't want to get misgendered and feel miserable at a job being misgendered. i don't have his intense hatred for my body but i feel a disconnect with it. i can look down in the shower and when i'm getting dressed but sometimes i get disgusted or i get like; "i know this is my body, i was born with it, but, i'm really confused by it? is it mine?" that's how i feel. i've always called myself "ugly" but it's in a different way from body dysmorphia. it's ugly as in being someone i'm not supposed to be. feeling fake and wrong. i feel so disconnected from reality because of being transgender. chase, i've watched u for years, and i'd like to say a huge thank u for your content. u really are an awesome person and i know u have your struggles too and the fact u put so much dedication into these videos to help others is really inspiring and amazing. i wish nothing but good things for u. i hope i can meet u someday and thank u personally.
Thank you so much for making videos on this awesome channel- it really helps people understand more and refer to when they are in doubt. And speaking of doubt, I've been thinking that I'm FTM (lol for 3 yrs now) but sometimes I just ask myself: what if I'm not? What if I can't fit into society as male? Is there a way to find out or be certain whether or not you are FTM? I want to be on T but I'm doubting my own identity…
As an older ftm I took testosterone for a year and 1/2 at 30 I grew a little hair growth under my chin but I always wanted a goatee so I’m thinking of going on it again till I grow my goatee and quit I als removed those horrible tumor growths on my chest I always pretended they were pecs to survive now I wear my T-shirts proudly ok chassypoo thanks for great videos
I'm so afraid of transitioning and I can't tell if it's because it's not the right thing or just because I'm afraid of change. I'm getting therapy soon, though, so hopefully I'll figure it out.
Coco Bunny It does, but it has to do with how predisposed you are to balding. It won't happen immediately. Balding is natural and happens to everyone with male hormones.
I haven't been out for that long, but I've been feeling and thinking this way for a long time. I just turned 16 and my dad and friends are very supportive, but my mom told me to go live with my dad because she doesn't support it. My body is curvy, to say the least, and I have a very feminine figure that I can't stand. How long should I wait and think about T? What will I have to do to get that male body I want? Is it bad that I can't picture myself with a male body or is that just because I've lived with huge boobs and hips for 7 years? Any advice would be appreciated
I just came out to my mom a few months ago and I already have my letter. I'm so nervous because I told my mom a week ago that I wanted to start T and now my mom is setting up appointments and I could be on T in a month . I feel like it's so soon compared to what I thought and I'm so nervous.
Hey Chase! Ive been thinking about going on T recently, but im really not sure? i am gender fluid and idealisticly want to be more androgynous(I know theres no predicting what will actually happen). im just really scared that I will have mad regrets about doing it and that by the time I realize it was a bad idea, I will have experienced permanent changes that I want to not be permanent?? I dont know if that makes sense.... I want it but im just really terrified... any thoughts?
Hey! I recently started watching your videos and they're really helpful. I'm 16 and recently came out as trans, and I wanna know what the requirements are to get approved for T are. Thank you!
you re going to have natural hesitation too becuase even if you do have extreme body dysphoria or dysphoria in general you are familiar with the body and hormones you naturally grew up with, even if you despise them, they are familiar. and to know that hormones can change and alter all that within months or a few years is scary, becuase you are going into unfamilar territory, you know whats ahead for the future but it is still new, and change can be very terrifying, but also very rewarding
i know this is an old comment, but a good one! i rlly like this comment seriously. i'll keep it saved! thanks a ton,
Agreed
This video convinced me to pursue transition. I just CAN'T imagine myself in the future as a woman. I can't.
In fact, I wrote a coming out letter for my brother, and this video convinced me to send it. I CAME OUT TO MY BROTHER!!!!! I'M SO HAPPY AND PROUD!!!!!!! He's being hella supportive and great and wonderful.
Now it's just the parents that are a struggle. I'm glad I have my brother as a support system though if things go south.
yes congratulations! good luck with your parents too :3
I needed this. I start testosterone on Tuesday.
Your videos are raw, to the point, and completely amazing. I know you've heard it a thousand million times before, but thank you for putting them out there. I'm so scared and confused about HRT right now. I've known literally my whole life I was non-gendered. I've had upper body dysphoria (what a cruddy word...I don't even like that word. I feel like it should belong to people who are like "If I'm in this f*king body one more minute I'm going to die." Whereas I'm just like "I hate these blobulous fat pendulums obscuring my chest," and "I hate this female fat distribution," and just generally saddened because I don't have a male upper body like I should. Sorry. Long off-topic rant.) for a very long time. It was something that I gradually woke up to, and something I've now just numbed out. I've known for 3 years now that I wanted to be on T (I would've known sooner if I had been aware of the trans community, and also if I had realized that the trans community is NOT just a bunch of pissed off, raging men who will flame-broil you alive for slipping up on their pronoun or for being lesbian). BUT...
I have beard anxiety. BADLY. I fear waking up one morning with male privilige and just wanting to kill every male on site for being chauvinistic, misogynistic assholes, whwn not all are. I fear the changes, because I fear change. I fear becoming depressed with who I'm becoming and losing who I am. And, I fear losing my visibility within the lesbian community (because seriously...straight wymin scare me, and most gay men I've dealt with annoy me). I know these are kind of lame reasons to be hesitant, but...they're mine.
Your videos speak to me on so many levels. You rock. Keep it up.
I literally just made a video about this exact issue with my doubts and fears about starting T, (that I haven't uploaded yet), so jesus, I needed this.
This video is so important oh my goodness. Thank you so much.
Chase, thank you so much for doing this video. I've been nervous about going to a therapist and possibly getting T, so knowing that it's a natural feeling is something that's really helping me calm down and think the transition process through. Thanks again, and you, sir, have a fantastic day :)
Thank you so much for making this video. I'm non-binary and I've been thinking of going on T for a long time -- I think this might have been just what I needed.
I was out and actively identifying as male at 14, but I waited until this year (currently 24) to start Testosterone. I was freaking terrified when I got my first prescription. I felt so stupid for being so nervous, but it can be incredibly intimidating. I'm having health issues now though and my endocrinologist wants me to stop taking T, which is horribly devastating. I waited 10 years to start this medicine, had all that anxiety; I'm now feeling so much better about my body and self image, and they want to take it all away.
Caius _ are the health issues caused by the T?
thank you so much, i really needed this. i'm supposed to start tomorrow and am really nervous and I didn't expect to find someone who felt so precisely what I do (even down to the whole granny thing) who has proceeded with transitioning and turned out as positive and confident as you! thank you again
Thank you for your honest and informative videos. You're helping more trans* individuals than you even know.
4:30 he says like young people and I'm like ok like me 12 then he says 18 im like holy frick
Hey Chase, I'm the one who asked you about testosterone hesitation last year and now I'm getting T in a few month and I just can't wait so I just want to thank you so much, you got me a self confidence boost by making this video and it still helps me today.
I had that hesitation for a long time, nearly five years now. Since my coming out, really. I've never liked doctors or medicine and I'm sickly enough already that I was just pushing the thought away constantly. I thought I'd just be alright. But at that point, I never passed, mostly because I was still in school with my birth name. But the second I turned 18 after graduation, I changed my name. And then I just started passing sometimes and being called my real name all the time and not my birth name just boosted that confidence in me so that, about six months ago, I started feeling like yeah, this is something I need to do. And today, I've finally been approved to see one of two gender therapists in the area so, hopefully it'll happen soon.
THANK YOU JUST THANK YOU.
I'm 19 and I start hormones on Thursday and I've always used this advice because it really is great advice and honestly it's so good for the trans community to know it's okay to get off hormones or not get on hormones at all
I've wanted this for so long and you're so right. now that it's here it's hard to grasp.
but im so excited and I'm gonna keep this in mind
this is my third time watching this video, i scheduled my T appointment in two weeks and im doubting if i needed it. Because of you and of this video, it made me realize i was normal to be scared and doubt. I wanted to look like a cis male teen so bad and this is what i needed. thank you chase, you've helped me realize who i was. you'll always be my first ever role model
Thanks a lot for this video, Chase. That's exactly what I needed to hear right now. It's been six years that I'm fighting to have T, and now that it's happening I feel a bit guilty/hesitant/bad. I'm so glad I discovered your channel!
This video has helped me significantly. I have an opportunity to start T soon , but have been having some hesitations and your advice has really helped me realize that this is what I need to do. Thanks Chase.
Dude, thank you, I really needed this. I only began hesitating after I started T, because some of the changes are permanent, and there is always the off chance that I will change my mind. Which is silly because I have had these feelings my whole life. But it is especially difficult being under 18 years old. The whole world telling you that you cannot make such a decision. Man, it's har
Chase, you are BRILLIANT. Thank you for everything!
Thank you so much for all of your videos. You are awesome. :)
I can see the supplies from the DIY packer video in the background which was probably the first video of yours I ever saw XD
Something that I just find really great is that chase must have filmed this immediately before the DIY packer video, because that weird Norwegian soup is right behind him.
My therapist is telling my mom that I'm trans tomorrow. I'm scared.
How'd it go?
u make me laugh.... I applaud your strength and wisdom professor chasey-poo! but real talk tho! Im starting gender therapy on the 30th and i know I need this. I also have those moment setbacks of "am I ready?" thoughts. but then I snap out of it when I cross paths with the mirror.
I am so thankful for you
Thank you so much, i really needed this.
Omg thank you so much for this video! It helped me a lot
Thank you man this is really what I needed!
i'm pre T. and i have a problem imagining the future. lately, i can picture myself as a guy having a good future. not a typical one - like going to college, ect. but being a transgender guy who wants to make ppl feel good about their sexuality and gender identity. i can see a guy - it's easier for me to see and i see a happy "me". if i see myself as my birth gender... i see someone stuck in life, sad, confused, like right now. ever moving forward in my life. feeling like i won't be satisfied no matter what. even if i had a good job, i don't think i'd feel 100% satisfied because deep down, i don't think i'm being who i am. i feel like i'd suffer with friendships, opportunities, ect. right now, dating is a struggle for me - sure, i'm not huge into dating. but, i feel as if sex and dating is being restricted because of bottom dysphoria and other reasons of being trans. i don't have a job either because... well, deep down i think i don't want to get misgendered and feel miserable at a job being misgendered. i don't have his intense hatred for my body but i feel a disconnect with it. i can look down in the shower and when i'm getting dressed but sometimes i get disgusted or i get like; "i know this is my body, i was born with it, but, i'm really confused by it? is it mine?" that's how i feel. i've always called myself "ugly" but it's in a different way from body dysmorphia. it's ugly as in being someone i'm not supposed to be. feeling fake and wrong. i feel so disconnected from reality because of being transgender.
chase, i've watched u for years, and i'd like to say a huge thank u for your content. u really are an awesome person and i know u have your struggles too and the fact u put so much dedication into these videos to help others is really inspiring and amazing. i wish nothing but good things for u. i hope i can meet u someday and thank u personally.
Thank you so much for making videos on this awesome channel- it really helps people understand more and refer to when they are in doubt. And speaking of doubt, I've been thinking that I'm FTM (lol for 3 yrs now) but sometimes I just ask myself: what if I'm not? What if I can't fit into society as male? Is there a way to find out or be certain whether or not you are FTM? I want to be on T but I'm doubting my own identity…
You can always take up cross-dressing after retirement. Hehe, Granny Chase.
You look more handsome now wow I don't believe you just look like man now amazing transition :)
lol, the captions change " T " to "auntie"
I'm terrified I'll lose all my head hair. My hair is already SUPER thin and I'm only 19 and I don't want a bald spot or anything :/
As an older ftm I took testosterone for a year and 1/2 at 30 I grew a little hair growth under my chin but I always wanted a goatee so I’m thinking of going on it again till I grow my goatee and quit I als removed those horrible tumor growths on my chest I always pretended they were pecs to survive now I wear my T-shirts proudly ok chassypoo thanks for great videos
I'm so afraid of transitioning and I can't tell if it's because it's not the right thing or just because I'm afraid of change. I'm getting therapy soon, though, so hopefully I'll figure it out.
Thanks for this starting my T on Monday
I want to go on t but I don't know if I like all of the affects. Like going bald. I don't want to be bald.
Coco Bunny It does, but it has to do with how predisposed you are to balding. It won't happen immediately. Balding is natural and happens to everyone with male hormones.
It won't make you go bald any younger than you would if you were cis, though.
I haven't been out for that long, but I've been feeling and thinking this way for a long time. I just turned 16 and my dad and friends are very supportive, but my mom told me to go live with my dad because she doesn't support it.
My body is curvy, to say the least, and I have a very feminine figure that I can't stand.
How long should I wait and think about T?
What will I have to do to get that male body I want?
Is it bad that I can't picture myself with a male body or is that just because I've lived with huge boobs and hips for 7 years?
Any advice would be appreciated
I just came out to my mom a few months ago and I already have my letter. I'm so nervous because I told my mom a week ago that I wanted to start T and now my mom is setting up appointments and I could be on T in a month . I feel like it's so soon compared to what I thought and I'm so nervous.
Hey Chase! Ive been thinking about going on T recently, but im really not sure? i am gender fluid and idealisticly want to be more androgynous(I know theres no predicting what will actually happen). im just really scared that I will have mad regrets about doing it and that by the time I realize it was a bad idea, I will have experienced permanent changes that I want to not be permanent?? I dont know if that makes sense.... I want it but im just really terrified... any thoughts?
Hey! I recently started watching your videos and they're really helpful. I'm 16 and recently came out as trans, and I wanna know what the requirements are to get approved for T are. Thank you!
Chase. I'd really like to talk with you. I identify with a lot of the traits you have and i feel like I'd be comfortable talking with you.
I'm way too young according to most people (13) help
I had the same thought about being an old lady. Haha
How long should you wait to get T? Like a year? 4 years?
me right now ouch :(
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