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The following post discusses my personal experience of the phenomenology of feminising hormone therapy. It will also touch upon my own experience of gender dysphoria.
I wish to be clear that I do not believe that someone should have to demonstrate that they experience gender dysphoria – however one might even define that – as a prerequisite for taking hormones. At smoothbrains.net, we hold as self-evident the right to put whatever one likes inside one's body; and this of course includes hormones, be they androgens, estrogens, or exotic xenohormones as yet uninvented.
I have gender dysphoria. I find labels overly reifying; I feel reluctant to call myself transgender, per se: when prompted to state my gender identity or preferred pronouns, I fold my hands [...]
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Outline:
(03:56) What does estrogen do?
(12:34) What does estrogen feel like?
(13:38) Gustatory perception
(14:41) Olfactory perception
(15:24) Somatic perception
(16:41) Visual perception
(18:13) Motor output
(19:48) Emotional modulation
(21:24) Attentional modulation
(23:30) How does estrogen work?
(24:27) Estrogen is like the opposite of ketamine
(29:33) Estrogen is like being on a mild dose of psychedelics all the time
(32:10) Estrogen loosens the bodymind
(33:40) Estrogen downregulates autistic sensory sensitivity issues
(37:32) Estrogen can produce a psychological shift from autistic to schizotypal
(45:02) Commentary
(47:57) Phenomenology of gender dysphoria
(50:23) References
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First published:
June 15th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/mDMnyqt52CrFskXLc/estrogen-a-trip-report
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continue reading
The following post discusses my personal experience of the phenomenology of feminising hormone therapy. It will also touch upon my own experience of gender dysphoria.
I wish to be clear that I do not believe that someone should have to demonstrate that they experience gender dysphoria – however one might even define that – as a prerequisite for taking hormones. At smoothbrains.net, we hold as self-evident the right to put whatever one likes inside one's body; and this of course includes hormones, be they androgens, estrogens, or exotic xenohormones as yet uninvented.
I have gender dysphoria. I find labels overly reifying; I feel reluctant to call myself transgender, per se: when prompted to state my gender identity or preferred pronouns, I fold my hands [...]
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Outline:
(03:56) What does estrogen do?
(12:34) What does estrogen feel like?
(13:38) Gustatory perception
(14:41) Olfactory perception
(15:24) Somatic perception
(16:41) Visual perception
(18:13) Motor output
(19:48) Emotional modulation
(21:24) Attentional modulation
(23:30) How does estrogen work?
(24:27) Estrogen is like the opposite of ketamine
(29:33) Estrogen is like being on a mild dose of psychedelics all the time
(32:10) Estrogen loosens the bodymind
(33:40) Estrogen downregulates autistic sensory sensitivity issues
(37:32) Estrogen can produce a psychological shift from autistic to schizotypal
(45:02) Commentary
(47:57) Phenomenology of gender dysphoria
(50:23) References
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First published:
June 15th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/mDMnyqt52CrFskXLc/estrogen-a-trip-report
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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