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How transwomen/transmen dream (lemy.lol)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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Men dream as male character, women dream as female character how do trans persons dream then? Trans men as men?? Trans women as women??

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[–] mecfs 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I think asking for trans people is wrong because they genuinely are (in a sense of their core identity and perception of themselves) the gender they transitioned too.

But a different question would be for example, for someone who got disbled later in life, are you disabled in your dreams?

The answer (atleast for me) in that case, is mostly I am, but not always, and sometimes less severely so than in real life.

[–] RebekahWSD 2 points 4 months ago

I can only give an answer from someone who was always disabled "I am disabled in my dreams, but at the level I was in my 20s (so capable of walking unaided and stuff) despite steadily becoming worse"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Thank you for sharing your perspective on this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I often am even more disabled in my dreams than I am in real life, as my dreams play to my fears of being entirely unable to walk (I have muscle weakness and fatigue, but I can still walk almost all of the time) or to wake up (also have narcolepsy and sometimes can't wake up).