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i dont know if you answer asks or not but oh well

i’m a baby trans, do you have any advice on dysphoria affecting your mental health? for me it takes a serious chunk out of it, like i can’t get out of bed for two days bad and i don’t want to have to deal with that anymore. even just like small tips?

thank you :)

sorry for responding so late my friend! the best advice i can give you is to find ways to alleviate dysphoria (which can be obvious). But I really mean to lean into the things that may you happy. When I was a baby trans, I really loved experimenting with fashion and different hobbies, like making jewelry or playing instruments. You want things to do that are 1. related to alleviating dysphoria (clothing, makeup, fashion, "gendered" hobbies) and 2. things that are NOT related to your dysphoria (painting, cooking, learning a new language). I point this out because while you want to find ways to help your dysphoria and mental health, you don't want to do the Baby Trans thing and laser-focus on your dysphoria all of the time. Even efforts to alleviate it can affect your mental health negatively. You are more than your dysphoria and your trans identity. You're also a human with a body and mind that is capable of many things. You just simply need to start acknowledging that and developing a relationship to yourself that is not all dedicated toward alleviating dysphoria (i know, easier said than done), but trust me it will really help.

I hope that was helpful ^-^ folks are free to share advice as well!

#muertoresponds #trans stuff #for me it was fitness and music #i looooved going to the gym in my bby trans era but it quickly became negative when i associated it with my dysphoria #i took a break and now i associate it with moving my body and getting strong #same with music #i used it to voice train and put on different masculine voices #it was reallly helpful for me to develop a skill with my body as my body changed #my voice changed so did my singing which pushed my limits and resillience building #now its a way for me to destress and i really enjoy how it makes my body feel!

the scorpio urge to over-consume every new thing you love (music: looping the same few songs for weeks on end, food: only eating a specific food all the time OR frequently eating a new craving as your little treat, etc) until you absolutely despise it and cannot stand it anymore <3

#like i always do this pls #ill like fixate on a new fav sweet treat for example #and its not like im eating it daily but ill have it weekly or something #and then after 6 months im like i literally hate this so much now #LMAAO #same with music #ill loop the same four songs on a playlist for HOURS on end for WEEKS until i can't stand the songs

some art makes me happy to look at and some art makes me want to shriek and cry and tear my skin off (positive) the breadth of human experience is astounding

#examples:#Secret of Kells? makes me happy to look at #Wolfwalkers? makes me cry blood and dry heave #same with music #God Needs the Devil by Jonah Kagen? makes me happy to listen to #The Warmth by Paris Paloma? turns me inside-out like a flayed rabbit #and books!#Project Hail Marry? made me happy to read #The Tombs of Atuan? rewired my brain and I'm a different human being now #how am I supposed to say “yeah I like that one” when I talk about art #when sometimes that means “yeah it made happy chemicals in my brain”#and other times it means “yeah it created a brand new emotion I'd never experienced before and I'm changed fundamentally”#grace your face

Did you know that no story is completely the same any time you read, watch, or play it again? For example, you could have a new perception of the main character, which differs from the idealized version of them that you had the first time. you may choose to empathize less with their actions and feelings, and instead focus your attention on the side characters that you barely perceived the first time. or maybe you notice that the "good" protagonist character is suddenly not as noble as you thought, you were just influenced by the perspective the story is told from. maybe something in your life has happened or changed, and you see some of it reflected in a character that you previously didn't care for. a good example is when you like the villain a lot more as you get older, because you don't believe in pure good and evil anymore.

this is true for other aspects as well, like motives, conversations, metaphors that you previously didn't understand or interpreted differently. I'm sure that's something you were aware of, I just find it really cool to know that because you as a person are subject to change and constantly influenced and adapting, it can have a significant impact on the way you react to a story you have previously read and didn't really get, for example. it could also have the complete opposite effect and you suddenly hate it.

at a certain point in my life i developed this habit of wanting to read or see something a second time, and compare my reactions. sometimes, it not only tells you something new about the story that you missed previously, but it also tells you about yourself, and I think that's part of why I find it so addicting to experience the same story over and over again. Your mind just makes up new connections every time, so it's not necessarily redundant or boring to read/watch something again!

and basically, I'm just repeating what reader-response theory and cognitive literature studies have focused on these last years. it's quite interesting!

#cognitive literature studies #reading #literature #same with music

the other day i was listening to music from when I was in middle school and when a certain part of the song played i felt this really strange feeling like i was being called back to a specific time and place with a specific emotion that i can't put my finger on. It was a short glimmer and i only felt it for a second before it went away

#this is in relation to the last post i reblogged #i want to do my best to uncover every single thing i remember that i owned as a child #because every time i do these small glimmers of happiness come back #same with music

Our society is so obsessed with productivity and success that, without even realizing it, I've started to feel like it's not worth it to put my time and effort into things unless they correspond to those values. Which is...so stupid?? No I'm never going to be a great artist but why should that stop me from drawing? Sure there's no productivity or success in that but it makes me happy. The end goal of productivity and success is happiness but I feel like we kind of forget that? Like if I'm happy sitting here doodling, that's great. Not everything has to be related to your long-term plans for success or whatever. You're allowed to do things for no other reason than that they make you happy

#a little realization that i just had over on snapchat #but wanted to expand on #idk I just haven't drawn or played music or anything in ages #and i randomly drew tonight and i was like wow this is so nice why haven't i done this more?#and it's cause i kinda felt like what's the point I'm not a great artist #but who cares!!#i don't need to be #i can do it just for fun #same with music #but writing is tricky cause that's how i plan to make a living and a career #so there's a lot of pressure to be good so i wind up just not writing much cause it's not just about enjoying it anymore #but i guess i need to allow myself to write for fun and not be great?#oh and by success i mean like wealth/status i guess #they're kind of intertwined #and yeah i just feel guilty putting time/effort into things that aren't productive #like i shouldn't be drawing when i could be cleaning up or doing homework etc #but you don't need to be doing something productive all the time that's dumb #well i need to sleep I'm thinking too much #i wonder if this will still make sense in the morning #courtney rambles

its funny how after someone is famous you always say that you have loved them for a long time just to be cool. i bet you didn't even know who saoirse was before ladybird youre such a wannabe poser fucking loser

Lmao the good thing about me being on tumblr for a decade is that for the most part you can literally track my tastes. I’ve been on here since like 2007 but I lurked for years before I became active and started actually posting/reblogging shit in like 2012. The oldest post on my Saoirse tag is from April 2012. Most people didn’t even know who she was back then. I have a Look Book & Tone Reel that I made for one of my features back in 2011 that is fucking FULL of Saoirse footage. I’ve called that girl one of the most talented actresses alive since like 2009 but you can go off I guess…

It’s not like it’s a provable pattern that everyone I become a fan of early on in their careers eventually end up being world renowned. It’s obviously because I’m a “poser”. It couldn’t possibly be that I can actually spot talent lol. Not at all. That being the case is unfathomable.