once i accepted that i was a trans man and not a "biological man trapped in a woman& #39;s body" i got so much happier and more confident i can& #39;t even put it into words

i realised that disregarding my body and lying to myself about my body was not a good coping mechanism for my dysphoria, it made me more miserable. instead i decided to accept that as a trans man i still have/had experiences of biological females

does it make me dysphoric to admit this? absolutely. however my sense of self has improved so much. i don& #39;t feel like i& #39;m "trapped" anymore and i don& #39;t feel like a fraud, i can talk about my female experiences without feeling like i& #39;m intruding on the conversation

it really feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. i think within communities of trans men it& #39;s frowned upon to speak about your female experiences because a lot of them (like myself) feel the need to act like we don& #39;t know what it& #39;s like to be female at all

i know so many trans men who pretend to know nothing about female anatomy, periods, bras etc because they& #39;re so dysphoric and embarrassed to say they& #39;ve had an experience with them, myself included up until recently. i& #39;m very happy i no longer have that mindset