How do I know if my dysphoria isn't just a byproduct of hating to be myself?
>>43572780do you have dysphoria because you hate yourself? or do you hate yourself because you have dysphoria?
>>43572828That's what I'm trying to figure out, and I can't seem to
>>43572780Same thing
>>43572780bump
you either start taking hrt and find out how feminizing feels or you dont take hrt and find out how continued masculinization feels feels.
>>43572780Gender dysphoria is a culture bound syndrome, it's not real.
I started by socially transitioning and seeing how I reacted. When I realized I didn’t feel like committing toaster bath like usual I figured that was a sign I might have dysphoria.…I’m two years HRT now.
>>43574668I feel both too anxious and too disgusting to try out social transition first. It definitely would help me know whether this is right for me though...I'm almost a year on hrt now.
"billy hates his own identity, and he thinks that makes him a transsexual"
>>43574847Literally me
last bump
I stopped hating and being confused by myself when i started transitioning. Self hatred is only a part of it. The rest of it is called gender dysphoria.
>>43578968Happy for you nona. How can I tell whether my self hatred is because of dysphoria and not something else?
>>43572780For me almost all pf my self hatred was an indirect manifestation of my dysphoria
