Reply To: When you look in the mirror…

[Allie Barnes]

I haven’t started HRT, or even therapy yet… but hopefully soon. But the mirror? Especially the last year or so, every so often I find the mirror “grabs” me, not sure how else to describe it.
I won’t mean to, but I’ll be looking quickly in the mirror and suddenly I get transfixed and I end up staring at/through myself for like 4-5 minutes. Most of the time I feel like I’m saying “who is this I’m looking it? I know it’s not me.”
It’s very uncomfortable and it ALWAYS sets off at least a 24-hour bout of sadness / dysphoria.
So, yeah, not a big fan of mirrors.
Allie