A little talk on Packing and Binding

Transguys can do a lot to make themselves appear more masculine. Two of them are packing and binding.
Just a quick recap for the cisfolks out there: Binding refers to the act of using a special 'vest' to flatten one's top, and packing refers to anything a pre-op guy does to make him feel/look like he has a penis. This can range from stuffing one's underwear with a sock, to using a very expensive "prothesis" which is supposed to be almost indistinguishable from a 'real' penis in varying situations. (locker rooms, nude beach, urinals, sex, etc.)

Almost all (pre top-surgery) transguys bind, and those who don't often can't, because they are not out, for example. However, not all transguys pack. In fact, a lot of them don't, and that does not make them any less trans or male.

My personal binding story...
I did not bind for a long time, and people who know me well know I am not lying if I say I could even get away with it, because my chest is ridiculously small. I never wore a bra either, except for a sports bra which I had bought for 'binding' purposes, and to avoid having my nipples awkwardly protrude through slightly thinner shirts. (I hate it when they do that!)
At one point I could buy a cheap binder from a transbro, and I figured I should give it a try. I was not expecting much because my chest was so small, and I hardly had top dysphoria.
Even though no one saw the difference when I wore my binder compared to when I didn't, it still made me feel a lot better, mentally. If I now touched my chest, it felt like pecs, while as before it felt like weird blobs of blubber. Also when I run, or jump, or lean over, I don't feel them jiggling and wagging around anymore. I feel confident and proud to stand up and stick my chest out. Everyone may see it and how flat it is!
Binding, for me, was one of those little things which I never expected to help, but yet did. (I know for a lot of transguys binding is a pure necessity, I just happen to be lucky in the chest department)

But of course I said this blog post was going to include two subjects, binding and... yes indeed.

My packing story...
Occasionally I had stuffed my underwear with a sock, but I never felt very strongly that I "missed" something down there. Yes, okay, it makes me feel weird, but having a dick in a sudden would probably also make me feel weird, mainly because a wiener is much more... present... than a v-jay. Most of the time I don't feel like I have 'female' plumbing but simply nothing at all (shark week is an exception to this... dreaded shark week).
And no matter how realistic and expensive, a sillicone dick remains just that. A sillicone dick. It can even fall out of your pants, or unknowingly shift a little and make you look like you have a huge boner (and because you don't feel anything, you won't even notice! The horror!).
Because of those, and many other reasons, I remained sceptical of packing. When I, however, got the chance to buy a good and small-sized (I don't want a big size!) 3-in-1 packer for a discount, I decided I'd try it out anyway. (3-in-1 means for packing, pee-ing, and sex)
I felt like it would be good to at least have a packer for peculiar situations when it would be obvious I don't have male junk (like in a locker room), or when some prick wants to ball-squeeze me (gladly that never happened, but imagine if it would... again THE HORROR!), or when I just feel very insecure/uncomfortable.
And because this is a 3-in-1 it serves many more purposes than a simple soft packer (just for creating a bulge), a hard packer (for sex), or an STP device (for pee-ing). In fact, it serves all three of those purposes. (though less good than a specialised STP or hard packer would be)

This happens. A lot.

I am not entirely sure how I feel about it yet. Right now I am way too paranoid it will shift when I make a quick movement, and also does it still feel very 'separate' from me. But I am starting to get used to it more, and some moments I really already feel like it's an 'extension' from my own self. However I will have to experiment with it a bit longer to fully shape my opinion on it.
I plan to write a review on this specific packer sometime later, when I have tested it a bit better. I actually wanted to write that right away, but I don't feel like I can write a proper review right now already.

(I'm sorry to the guys/gals who looked forward to dickpicks, lol.)