birdluvr67

Don't wear a swimsuit

Choosing not to wear a swimsuit freed me and I may never go back unless miraculously I get top surgery (will never happen probably)

I just wear my binder, a T-shirt and an open button up with a pair of shorts (I have a pair of swim shorts but I have found that just wearing my plain shorts and underwear is a lot more comfortable for me, mostly because the shorts are kinda big so I could probably just get a different pair and be fine)

If you go in chlorinated water, wear something you won't mind losing its color

I've never had this problem but if you're worried about the weight of the water pulling your pants down, then make sure you get shorts that are good and tight fitting/can have a belt

I don't have to change in public changing rooms, I don't have to deal with the horrors of my body and the fear of someone seeing it in these terrible stalls that give you basically no privacy and also trying to put on clothes with wet sticky skin on a wet floor that makes it possibly top of the list of the worst experiences ever

Maybe I've gotten looks, I don't know because I don't care it's like a million times better and I really have not really noticed discomfort with getting my clothes wet. Maybe I guess it takes longer for my clothes to dry but it takes forever anyways and I'm gonna go home right after anyways I don't like going and doing other things with chlorine hair and pruney dry skin, just put a towel on the seat like you would anyways and it's fine

I love swimming so much. I will always love swimming. I almost drowned last year and I still love swimming. However, I hate swimwear and having to change into tight awful clothing that makes me miserable so I just stopped. Life is much better now. I feel good. I have not experienced any issues with this strategy, though admittedly I have mostly swam in lakes, rivers and reservoirs, not pools (but when I have it's literally been fine)

I lost the color in one pair of shorts because I did not think about chlorine but I chose a pair I didn't really care too much about anyways so it didn't matter