006. And all the people that you hate will love you just the same because you're beautiful

[drydrown]

Those of you that have received physical changes from Retrospec, how long did it take before they stopped seeming fundamentally wrong - do they ever, or am I just going to be handling being mentally inconvenienced every time I try to do anything that involves mirrors for the foreseeable future? I admit that I don't have much to complain about, in the scheme of things - especially since I'm not opposed to the results - but apparently I'm going to do so anyway, simply just because such is social media.

Then again, this particular identity crisis is brought to you by the realization that I haven't seen certain members of my family in two years, and if they were to see me now they wouldn't recognize me on immediate sight. So I think I have some right to be at least mildly distressed.

Comments

[drydrown]

Mostly cosmetic things, though some odd things have been done to my body as well.

Eye color changes are obnoxious to deal with, however; I wasn't particularly fond of having to explain any of that at work.

[mercurio]

what color?
mine wasn't super obvious thankfully
but it's still like WOUHHHHHHH when looking at myself in the mirror
is it a bizarre color no one is really used to??

[drydrown]

It's bright red, so it's a bit much.

[mercurio]

yeah uh
that might be one you have a hard time explaining

[drydrown]

I did. For about a month.

Contact lenses helped, but not much.

[mercurio]

weirder things have happened...
i guess ppl can just like
get used to it ?

do you feel ok about it?

[drydrown]

Not particularly. I'll survive, but I'm not particularly fond of any of the physical changes I've had.

[mercurio]

i personally think some of the memories are worse than some of these
changes
i hope nothing too crazy keeps changing for you again

[drydrown]

Likewise.

The memories have been fairly unfortunate, but I think those peaked out for me a while ago, thankfully.