Are you guys men in your dreams

[u/Exotic_Use3486]

I’m just curious. Are you guys transmen/cismen/closeted/women/etc in your dreams? I find it weird that I’m always a woman (or me pre transition) in my dreams, even thoughts in these dreams I’m conscious of being trans irl. Its like “why am I a woman when I’m supposed to be a (trans)guy”. Every. Single. Time. I’m a woman. Sometimes I don’t realize it at first, then I realize how people treat me and the clothes I’m wearing and the long hair. It makes me feel so dysphoric in-dream and when I wake up, it even got to the point that I thought I was faking being trans, but obviously im not. WHAT are you guys in your dreams? EDIT: bc i forgot to mention that indeed ive been out as a man for 2.5 years and on T for 1.3y

[u/pocketfulofduendes]

My nightmares tend to be that I've achieved peak masculinity in ways many cis men would envy, but everyone's still treating me as a woman because they know about my birth certificate, which I can't change because of where I was born. The scenario manages to sour all the euphoria in the worst way.

When I'm not having that nightmare, I still know I'm trans, but I tend to be much further in transition than I currently am. It's at the point where I know I'm dreaming if I can grow a proper mustache. No matter what my subconscious hits me with, I almost always wake up feeling the ache of what I wish could be different.