I'm a trauma therapist, The Body Keeps the Score is very good for C-PTSD. You should also read Gabor Mate's books and watch his interview with Tim Ferris on YouTube. It's called Dr Gabor Mate on trauma, addiction, Ayahuasca and more. Read Richard Schwartz work around Internal Family Systems Therapy. He did an amazing interview with Rich Roll called Multiplicity of the Mind.

There's a lot of really good content online if you can't access a therapist. You want to start with making sure you can self regulate and self soothe and build from there. Somatic exercises will help you.

Sending you love and soothing. I'm a non binary AFAB who was diagnosed with endometriosis over 10 years ago via laparoscopic surgery. Endo sucks. I'm coming to the end of my reproductive years, thank fark, it's been a painful ride.

No literally the only change is with my libido. I feel like I've got a bit more energy, but that may also be because I'm now medicated for ADHD. It's been a wild ride!

It's worth noting that I do have chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia and I'm really bad at exercising 🫠

46 & 2 - Tool

So glad to hear it all went well. I had minimal side effects when I started HRT. I think boob tenderness was about the only thing I experienced and it lasted maybe 2 weeks at most. I hope you get benefit from it.

ooh amazing album, there was a point where I would listen to this almost daily. Pearl's Girl is a standout track for me, but the entire album is gold.

HRT helped my mental health immensely. I was in a really really dark place and going on HRT (with no other life changes) improved things within a week.

Yep, he lives for it. I adopted him when he was 5 years old and trained him as soon as he got used to me. He he gets very excited when I get his harness out and loves to go for walks. He's 15 now and still keen everyday unless it's really cold.

He's real! He's on Instagram - alexthebengal And he's ridiculously photogenic

You're a deviant!

nice one. I did 2 days of exercise then broke my little toe!

thanks! Is your pic of your cat?

aaw, he's very handsome and he knows it, and it means he can get away with almost anything!!

I don't know who Melty is. It's actually my cat, Alex who is a bengal.

Had such a broken nights sleep, I blame the earthquake. No work for me today, which is lucky, coz I am finding the braincells are not firing at all this morning.

ha ha I would be more than happy for my clitoris to enlarge, it has vanished almost completely and I miss it. Hopefully I can get out today to pick up my gels and creams. I will report back in the future and see how I am doing.

Imagine if men needed MHT, it would be free in a heartbeat!!

where's my popcorn!

I have donuts! Happy Friday.

It's just so disgusting that these medical "professionals" can treat you this way. I am so sorry that you had to experience this. If you have the energy, I would put in a complaint. You do not deserve to be spoken to and treated like that at all.

I looove my progesterone nights, I sleep like the dead. However I need to go talk to my GP coz at the regular dose I get ridiculous dizziness if I have to get up and pee. And it's not like room spinning dizziness, it's more like I walk in a crooked line and take out the wall. Hard to explain and not so good.

I don't get hot flashes. I get a whole hot morning, every morning. It's Winter here and I generally walk my cat around 10am. I rarely wear a jumper/jacket. We go for our second walk in the afternoon (bengal life) and I'm rugged up appropriately. It's wild.

oh wobbly cats are super special. Give him a squish from me.

Ohhh you Melty my heart.

ohhhh, I had to look up melasma and ding ding ding, I have this too! Not sure when they popped up - in the last year or so. Blimey, it just goes on and on.

Yep. I trained him when I got him, age 5. It wasn't that hard. When I get his walking jacket and leash out now he gets excited and waits for me to put it on and then goes to the front door and waits impatiently for me to walk him.

aaw. He's only started to slow down in the last year. Unfortunately we were attacked by a dog in our front yard a month or so ago and it's put a little dent in his confidence. Mind you, his confidence was ridiculous to begin with. He does have his little old man modes though and he's gone completely deaf.

thank you! He really is, and it means he can get away with almost anything.

Neurodivergent is an umbrella term that covers a whole bunch of diagnoses, not limited to just ADHD and Autism. This infographic sums it up pretty well in my opinion. Neurodivergent refers to anyone whose mind or functioning diverges from dominant societal norms, standards and expectations (neurotypical).

android, though currently on PC

thanks Lefty! I know it's a lot to wrap our heads around new things at times, but what's happening at Reddit is sad. So thanks for creating this space, may it flourish.