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The Head Game: Confidence, Dating and Living With Gyno
Gyno isn't dangerous, but it can quietly run your life: what you wear, where you go, who you let close. This section is about taking that back, whatever you decide to do about your chest.
Why this section exists
For years the hardest part of gyno for me wasn't my chest. It was everything I skipped because of it: pool parties, the beach, the gym, a couple of relationships. If you're doing the same, you're not being dramatic. Medical reviews describe real embarrassment and distress, especially in teens, and that's a legitimate reason to deal with it.
Where to start
Start with how to feel confident with gyno. Then pick your situation: dating with gynecomastia, working out with gyno, shirtless at the beach, or, if you're a teenager, how to tell your parents.
If it's gotten heavy, read gyno, body image and mental health. And if you ever feel hopeless or think about hurting yourself, please talk to someone today. In the US you can call or text 988.
In this section
- Guide Dating With Gynecomastia: When to Tell, What to Say, and Taking Your Shirt Off Gyno cost me more in dating than anywhere else, and almost all of that cost was in my head. Here's what I've learned about bringing it up, the first …
- Guide Gyno, Body Image and Mental Health: When It's Time to Get Help This is the page I'd most like the right person to find. Gyno isn't dangerous to your body. But for some of us it gets into our heads in a way that i…
- Guide How to Feel Confident With Gyno, Whatever You Decide About Your Chest For about twenty years, gyno decided where I went and what I wore. Surgery isn't what changed that first. These are the things that did, and they wor…
- Guide How to Tell Your Parents About Gyno (Scripts Included) I never told my parents. I spent my teens hiding it alone, and I wish I hadn't. If you're a teenager with gyno, this page is about the one-minute con…
- Guide Shirtless at the Beach With Gyno: Swim Shirts, Pools and Going Without I spent about fifteen summers on the edge of the pool in a T-shirt that got heavier every time I went in. You don't have to choose between that and g…
- Guide Working Out With Gyno: The Gym, Locker Rooms and What to Wear I quit the gym twice because of my chest. The third time stuck, and it wasn't because my chest changed first. It was because I fixed the clothes, the…