Feminizing Hormones: Surprising Benefits & Side Effects

This video is only for people interested in feminizing hormones—not testosterone. If you're considering masculinizing hormones, this advice does not apply.

The pattern I see constantly: People start feminizing hormones, feel psychological relief (dysphoria decreases, anxiety calms, mental fog lifts, they can finally focus), then tell themselves, "I'm cured! Dysphoria is gone!" So they stop hormones. Then dysphoria always comes back—sometimes even stronger. This leaves people confused: "I was feeling great, why am I suddenly feeling worse?"

This is especially common for "thinking types."

In Jungian psychology, there are two primary ways people process information: thinking types (process through logic and analysis) and feeling types (process through emotions first). Neither is better—they're just different. Many people assigned male at birth become extreme thinking types due to socialization.

As a result, thinking types approach gender transition like a problem to solve. They need to know how it'll work out, whether they'll pass, and have everything planned before taking one step forward. But transition requires fluidity and flow—it's not a linear, masculine-energy problem. It's a river, not a straight path.

In this video, Dr. Z addresses:

Why starting hormones for 1-2 months, then deliberately stopping, can break the questioning cycle. How experiencing dysphoria's return provides tangible proof that hormones work. Why does this give thinking types the factual information they need to commit? When stopping and starting is strategic versus yo-yoing.