Did your hobbies/ interests change while transitioning?

[u/SubparSaiyan]

We talk a lot about sexualities "changing" (or realizing it's not what they originally thought) awhile after starting hormones. I'm curious if you've noticed yourself lose interest in certain hobbies and activities while gaining that interest in others, and how long into your specified transition you started to noticed this shift.

[u/ComplaintOwn9855]

Personally, it is my outlook on life that made me transition, not the other way around.

I only cracked the egg 3 months ago, but in the last ten years, I started abhorring any kind of competition or XvX games. Zero sum games are the worst, and I would feel bad whether I won or lost. Winning means making someone else sad, losing means *I'm* sad and I can't even express it or I'd be a sore loser.

I'm a fucking ball of hyper-empathy, and I learned to embrace it. I hug my friends all the times. There is a running gag in my group of friends: if at any point in a party I start telling people I love them, it means I'm starting to get tipsy. Then I'll defend myself by saying "I love you all the time guys, I just..." "feel brave enough to say it out loud thanks to the alcohol", they will finish, laughing.

At this point, my theory is that my being so tactile and warm was a way for me to deal with my unconscious gender dysphoria, by behaving more along feminine codes. I also completely dropped the masculinity race and accepted myself as a somewhat-feminine guy. And so all of this lead to me coming out to myself.

Other than that, my interests didn't change so much as solidify. I've always been a political person, and transitioning changed my outlook on queer stuff especially. I tend to delve very deep into my hobbies and interests because I hate superficial knowledge (aka I'm hyperfixating, let's say it frankly), and lately I've been going deep into the trans media rabbit hole. Basically, I went from being an ally to being directly concerned, so my interests changed accordingly.