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What does gender dysphoria feel like?
From: guest (viewer) , 34 months, post #1
Is this the right place to ask?

Like paint a picture of what it's like to someone trying to understand if you don't mind

From: guest (Science) , 34 months, post #2
I think the real scientific definition outlines it best below:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gender-dysphoria/symptoms-causes/syc-20475255

Aside from that, I think it is not exactly something easy to put into words, as it person may experience it differently. It is likely best to discuss with a doctor or a psychiatrist to understand one's own perspective on something like this.



From: guest (viewer) , 34 months, post #3
Thank you for that

it seems like there's a lot to learn of Male to Female on this site, but I was reading a site on Female to Males talking about how badly they wanted to be male and I felt completely horrible. Even top and bottom surgery

One of my subordinates is a trans man and if that's the shit he's going though, wow, I want him to feel just like us

From: guest (experiencer) , 34 months, post #4
I appreciate your curiosity guest. Post #2 is right in that everyone's experiences are different. Reading or listening to books from different trans authors would probably give you a good sense of different people's experiences. The great thing is there is a lot of material out there nowadays for presumably cis people like yourself to check out to empathize! :)

I will give my account as someone who feels a lot of disphoria as a man (i.e., in terms of sex) but wishes with every piece of myself, that I was a ciswoman. I spend almost every other thought (e.g., every time I see a woman) wishing for whatever unknown reason that I was a woman. I can't say what from my genetics or my upbringing made me feel this way, but I can try to give you a sense of the feeling.

For me, it kind of feels like when you're physically sick and all you want is to somehow will yourself to get better, but you know it's impossible to make your mind do so. On a slightly more positive note, it's like having an itch deep inside your skin that you can't scratch maybe? On top of that, in reality it feels like as you describe what feel like your innate needs to others, they perceive it as you saying something like "I've always just wanted superpowers" or "I've always wanted wings--to fly!" As a result, you also often feel misunderstood and like your needs are silly to everyone else but you. It can be an incredibly lonely experience that way.

Again, this is just a bit of my experience and my attempt to describe it. I think kindly asking questions of your subordinate, backing off when they don't want to talk about it, giving him options for how to engage if at all, letting him know clearly that you just want to understand and make sure he doesn't feel alone, etc. can be positive. Know that he could also be incredibly happy and not going through any of the negative stuff that is usually talked about with dysphoria, too.

From: Valkan , 34 months, post #5
I think you can find more insight on a trans subreddit like r/asktransgender

From: MissMako , 34 months, post #6
As a Trans Woman - I was diagnosed with "Gender Dysphoria" over 7 years ago (this is my story - and don't want to speak for anyone else).

I spent most of my life (including my childhood) feeling disconnected from my own body on a physical/gender level. My instinct was to act more feminine. I didn't have the understanding to know why I did this - but everyone around me forced me to act more - like I looked on the outside - rather than what I natural felt. It was this indoctrination and social conditioning that when combined with having "Gender Dysphoria" that almost killed me.

I was always jealous that I hadn't been born a woman physically. I was constantly at odds with my male body. It was like feeling a massive VOID that eventually led to deep depression and eventually some failed suicidal attempts.

I coped by created TF TG art. Shorts. Movies. Comics (you name it), But it was all just a band-aid for me personally.

I started to seek medical help ten years ago. Spent a lot of time with a therapist - two psychiatrists and two endocrinologists. After a few years they all diagnosed me with "Gender Dysphoria". One doctor took an MRI of my brain scan - and lined it up with a Cis Male and Cis Female. My brain scan matched more of that with a Cis Female. It was explained to me - that on a biological level - my brain never received the proper hormones during In Utero so my brain remained Feminized while my body developed in the opposite direction. Which explains why I felt so disconnected from the day I was pretty much born.

The recommendation of all these medical professionals for me - was to physcially Transition my body to match the Gender of my brain. And I did. And it completely wiped away my "Gender Dysphoria". I've never been happier since. It was the right move for me.

The bi-product of this were the radical social changes where the world mainly treats and looks at me as a woman now. While I did have a few people in my life reject me - most support me. And I wasn't quite ready for how the world treats Women differently from Men. I definitely lost some privileges I had as a Man. I think there's Pros and Cons to being either Gender - on a social level. It's taken some time for me to adjust to Men Catcalling me - Strangers asking me out in public - Men opening doors for me - Women just wanting to hang and go clubbing/grab dinners/drink lots of wine etc etc.

In the end - it's much easier for me to live as a Woman than I ever did as a Man. Mainly because I don't have to try to BE A WOMAN (it comes naturally to me). I had to put way more effort and TRY AND BE A MAN (cause it didn't come naturally to me).

Cheers :)

- Miss Mako -



From: guest (Should Be Beverly) , 34 months, post #7
In short, it is like an itch I cannot scratch.

There should be breasts, and there are none. There should be a vagina, and it is not there. I should be a woman for a man, but I cannot.

From: guest (To Be A Miss) , 34 months, post #8
It would be a pleasure on this mosh pit of mostly crap to see nice conversations like this one more often.

From: guest , 34 months, post #9
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