i think the biggest overall feeling is how much weight feels like it’s been lifted off of you. it’s probably all psychological but it feels like you wake up from something or like you’ve been pinned under a boulder your whole life and finally had it lifted. i’ve only felt alive as long as i’ve been on hrt. and i think this is why so many feel like they experience emotion deeper than before, a general numbness goes away and you feel more in tune with your own emotions.

as for actual physiological change, you can expect skin feeling softer over time and of course the pain in your chest with breast development. i feel like i noticed scents a lot more often and definitely feel temperature much more than i did.

it all seems so daunting at first, but it’s a journey laden with joy.