Now that I've been on HRT for over a year I figured it'd be nice to make a little post talking about what I've experienced so far! Cus it's nice to be positive about stuff and I've been feeling a lot more positive lately because of this!
Fat distribution! This one is slightly combined with recent weight gain because I've been eating more but I've gained so much fat in my thighs, ass and tummy, and it makes me feel so squishy and nice!
Boobs! They're not very big yet (mostly because the fat went to all the other places I think) but I love boobs they make me so happy every time I look in the mirror.
With those combined I'm actively getting happy about myself when I see myself and that's really cool; Also
Reduced body hair! I genuinely did not expect this to change so much but I have so much lighter and less body hair that I genuinely never bother shaving (it's still visible, especially on my legs, but it's not much more than the cis women in my life so I have very quickly adopted the 'fuck that' mentality to shaving)
Softer skin! I didn't notice this as much until I compared my hands to my cousin's hands recently and realised that holy shit the skin has changed so much, it was subtle and insidious and snuck up on me but I am not complaining
Emotional changes! I'm not more emotional now but I do feel like I process things differently in subtle ways. The most obvious is that I am now able to cry, like at all. No more feelings stacking up in a ball of anxiety without release, now when it gets too much I just cry them out.
Also some sexual changes, which I won't go into detail with because I don't want to. But they've been fully positive and I'm happy. If you know me and you're curious you're allowed to ask but I'm not sharing that publicly.