#binding problems

[deadly-operating-system]

With a full-torso binder, is it bad for your back/back ribs if you try and wear it when you've probably grown out of it a little? It's tighter around my stomach than I think it should be, which is partially why I want to wear it (so I can fit into my buttonups without showing everything between them) but I don't know if it's the cause of some of my back hurting or if it's something else that caused it. Should I stop wearing it?

[sasha-whos-askin-racket]

My binder: *hurts*

Me: *Pulls the bottom like 3cm away from my body and holds it like that for five seconds.*

Me: That counts as a break, right?

[pineapplebear26]

Ever just try on like seven outfits in a fit of dysphoria before you leave the house? Everything’s just making you look like you smuggled six rolls of sausages in your chest and your binder doesn’t fit right and you’re sad and just want to wear a blanket as a smock

[tmitransitioning]

I know I gotta go to the doctor about this, but my GP doesn’t know I’m trans, so I guess I have two questions. 1) I’ve been experiencing faint numbness in my left wrist and hand, which could be stress or tendinitis or wearing a heavy bag on my left shoulder, but one of the few different things that makes it worse is binding. Are there binding complications that could cause that? 2) is there a good way to ask my doctor about this without disclosing the binder, or make it sound less trans?

the pressure from binding could be pinching a nerve in the shoulder area.  a different style binder could help- look for one that has a significantly different style of straps. rephrasing your binder as a tight performance bra would work, but i can tell you that if that’s making it worse, and you don’t disclose that you’re wearing it for many hours daily for non-sports reasons (gender reasons), they’re gonna tell you to not wear it.  (hell, even if they know you’re trans half the time they give un-transfriendly advice. they just don’t think about it all the time).  if you think the binding is making it worse, minimize the time you spend binding in favor of other methods (dressing in layers, wearing baggy clothes- check our clothes tag).  similarly, if you think the bag is causing a problem, minimize what you carry and use a two-strap design (don’t sacrifice your body for the sake of style).  If you think it’s tendonitis, make sure you’ve got the appropriate supports in place (bracing as recommended by that doctor you’re about to go see).Feel better soonmod mayhem

[myautisticself]

That trans feeling when you just go outside for a nice walk and come home sweaty and try to take everything off to cool down and you are TRAPPED!!!

[eclecticqueercen]

When the binder is too comfy

right yes story here. Yesterday I wore my shapeshifters binder (big shoutout love them), just chilling around the house, after my 3-day binding break because I care about my body dangit. Anywho I glance at the time, realize it is 8pm and I have been wearing my binder for 10+ hours.... ops.

So I take the thing off, breathing is all good no real problems here. Then I wake up and realize it hurts to breathe, I spent sevral minutes just laying there taking deep breaths.

Let this be a lesson, learn from my mistakes. Set a timer/alarm something!!!! Do not bind for that long!!! it will hurt you!!!!

[naiimo]

okay why isnt my body letting me bind anymore i could bind just fine before now aftet one hour i feel like my ribcage is getting crushed does that happen to anybody else

[thefrostysoldier]

everyday is arm day when you bind