1st gear stripped? - auto tranny

I really can’t tell if it is my engine bogging on initial start off or if my tranny is slipping. It almost feels like the latter. I only experience it when accelerating from a dead stop, the car just doesn’t seem to “catch”, i hear it rev up slightly but not accelerate, then it catches and snap - i go. If i accelerate very slowly initially I don’t feel it but if it is middle or full throttle, I really feel it hesitate and then and catches and I go.

Anyone ever heard of first gear stripping? Could this be the problem?

It’s probably not the actual gear, it could be the clutch plates or whatever the heck its called thats in auto trannies.

If it was the gear it would pop in AND out, most likely.