Edit: I’m a little worried I may have misused the word “alleviate”, which I thought means “to ease a little bit in a non permanent way”. Sorry if I accidentally made you all confused. xD

I wrote this in another community the other day:

As to why I insist on buying female centric vinyls, I’m not quite sure, but it could have something to do with my gender dysphoria. I believe the psychological mechanism is too complex for me to even begin to understand, but I think I listen to what I want to become or what I would have wanted to be in the first place, gender-wise (voice, body, clothing, etc.). Maybe vinyl, being an older medium, brings me back to and helps me imagine a childhood that I wish I could have had? I just spitballing here though…

Here is the original post: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/post/821181/comment/4976422#comment_4977719

Can you relate? Is there music that alleviates your dysphoria?

  • Sneezycat@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    12 days ago

    No. I guess loud music that makes me stop thinking is the closest? But that’s a side-effect.

    Nostalgia vibes that can make me weepy? Sure.

    • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      4·
      12 days ago

      Thank you for the quick respone! What is your best coping strategy? I don’t know that I have one, other than trying to obfuscate the symptoms.

      Feel absolutely free not to reply if you wouldn’t want to share. That is also okay! 🩵