Fat redistribution has made my upper arms squishy :3
Kiagz
joined 5 years ago
down with cis
I was the one who shared AlyssaVT's guide. I kind of regret doing that, as I hadn't tried it out for myself back then. After doing those voiceless excercies for a few weeks I ended up with a sharp pain in my throat, and then I became more sceptical and looked into what others had to say about it.
From what I’ve read on the transvoice subreddit and discord, it seems like guide's focus on anatomy (training the throat muscles, raising the larynx) is outdated, inefficient and potentially harmful. The focus should instead be primarily on changing two specific sound qualities, size and weight, and getting the two in balance to achieve what's called fullness. That is done by first training your ears to hear the individual size and weight aspects by listening to demonstrations of other people changing those aspects. Then you move on to trying to change the size and weight of your own voice by actively listening as you're doing voiced exercises. It's very important to keep the throat relaxed while doing this, you're not supposed to push beyond what's comfortable.
I've found it really helpful to listen to voice clips by Selene and this video by TransVoiceLessons. The charts shown in the video were also nice, they helped me better understand how weight and size work together.
Btw, I've also read that L's guide contains a lot of outdated and bad information, such as the swallow and hold excercise. Doing that excercise is at best a waste of time, and at worst can cause serious damage to the throat. Here's a detailed overview I found of everything wrong with L's guide
I thought IPL was completely ineffective at hair removal, but seeing people's experiences here has made me wanna try it
Booba
My right titty be hurting a lot today 
No pain no gain, amirite?
Yeah, and western mainstream media only ever acknowledge that these groups exist in Arab countries when they can use them to pinkwash imperialist actions such as sanctions, coups and invasions
Liberals alway seem to conveniently forget that trans Palestinians exist, and that the biggest danger to trans people living in Gaza currently is not Hamas, but the fascist, genocidal settler state that "lesser evil" Biden is doing everything possible to support
A very cute blåhaj named Blåbær :3 It's given me so much emotional support over the years, idk where I'd be without it
We need a norway-cool emoji
There's this butterfly symbol that some people use for ADHD. Not sure how I feel about it, tbh 
I've gotten very far into my physical transition since last summer, and recently I've made some more progress with getting my parents to understand this whole trans thing. But everything else in my life has just gotten worse, sadly.
Rant about personal struggles, transphobia and loneliness
I feel like I'm never going to get a job, I'm struggling to stay motivated for anything thanks to my ADHD, I've grown very distant with the few friends I have, and I have no idea how I'm gonna come out to my extended family. The isolation I feel from all of this is really starting to take a toll on me. There's also fact that my brother is a techbro chud that thinks trans people are all just mentally ill. Wish I could cut him out of my life, but that's difficult to do when he still lives with my parents, who I very much care about and want to stay in contact with. This shit sucks 
Despite all of this I feel hopeful about my future. Gonna try to join a local queer org soon, see if I can't get to know more trans people that way. Also looking into getting therapy, as well as trying out a different ADHD medication since ritalin isn't doing anything for me.
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