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I haven't studied gender dysphoria but I've been diagnosed with it. In my experience, it's an incongruence between your idea of yourself and your perceptible fo

I haven't studied gender dysphoria but I've been diagnosed with it. In my experience, it's an incongruence between your idea of yourself and your perceptible form. In some ways it could be argued your body is "craving" it but not in the same way it may crave a specific nutrient. Instead, you're sort of surprised and often upset by the way that you are.

deadbabe 1y ago
How do you cope?
- DoctorOW 1y ago
  Honestly I truly believe that I will reach a point where my body feels like mine. The changes with HRT do a whole hell of a lot to minimize dysphoria in my experience. I also live with, work with, and am friends with people who genuinely see me as the way I see myself, as a woman. You can tell from the way people interact with you, how they see you. Being perceived as a woman fits with my perception of myself.
  - tasuki 1y ago
    > Honestly I truly believe that I will reach a point where my body feels like mine. There are two ways to achieve that: changing the body, and changing the mind. (I'm not claiming one to be easier than the other, but I've noticed most people have a strong preference for changing their body rather than changing their mind)
    - DoctorOW 1y ago
      I believe you have to do both. On the rest of my comment I tried to convey that in addition to changing my body, my female mindset is a key part of expressing my gender identity.
tasuki 1y ago
Would you say it is similar to how some people with no legs want to have legs? Or fat people who want to be skinny?
- DoctorOW 1y ago
  I guess it's kind of similar to how people without legs feel. I've heard that people without legs sometimes have "phantom legs". While they're consciously aware they're missing legs, their brain is still wired to have them. Similarly, my brain is wired for a female body. Every trans person's experience is different, I know that the "wrong body" terminology doesn't apply to everyone.
  - deadbabe 1y ago
    What about more like a poor person wishing they were rich?

deadbabe 1y ago

How do you cope?

DoctorOW 1y ago
Honestly I truly believe that I will reach a point where my body feels like mine. The changes with HRT do a whole hell of a lot to minimize dysphoria in my experience. I also live with, work with, and am friends with people who genuinely see me as the way I see myself, as a woman. You can tell from the way people interact with you, how they see you. Being perceived as a woman fits with my perception of myself.
- tasuki 1y ago
  > Honestly I truly believe that I will reach a point where my body feels like mine. There are two ways to achieve that: changing the body, and changing the mind. (I'm not claiming one to be easier than the other, but I've noticed most people have a strong preference for changing their body rather than changing their mind)
  - DoctorOW 1y ago
    I believe you have to do both. On the rest of my comment I tried to convey that in addition to changing my body, my female mindset is a key part of expressing my gender identity.

tasuki 1y ago

Would you say it is similar to how some people with no legs want to have legs? Or fat people who want to be skinny?

DoctorOW 1y ago
I guess it's kind of similar to how people without legs feel. I've heard that people without legs sometimes have "phantom legs". While they're consciously aware they're missing legs, their brain is still wired to have them. Similarly, my brain is wired for a female body. Every trans person's experience is different, I know that the "wrong body" terminology doesn't apply to everyone.
- deadbabe 1y ago
  What about more like a poor person wishing they were rich?