Need a little help on a project, I guess

So I'm taking a psychology class, and we're supposed to do a project on a "mental disorder". And I was kind of wondering if I should do it about Gender Dysphoria, as a way of coming out.

Even though I don't want to think of transgender stuff as a mental disorder, I looked it up, and the DSM-4 classified it as Gender IDENTITY Disorder, where it is considered a mental disorder, and in the new DSM-5, they changed it to Gender Dysphoria, which is just where the mismatch of body and gender create a disturbance or whatever, like depression caused by said trans stuff.

I'm only going to write it up. I'm too shy to present it in front of the class anyways. But I still want to find a way to tell my psych teacher.

She always greets students enthusiastically, and when referring to me, always says, "Hello, Sir," and I kind of want her to stop that. :dry:

But there was this one video she showed us at the beginning of the year about the "psychology of homosexuality," even though it was removed from the DSM back in the 1970s. And in the documentary, they equated GID to homosexuality. I wanted to break the screen. >.>

So WOULD it be a good idea to do my project on it? It's more a question of "should I consider myself mentally ill in that regard or not" than anything. And I'm kinda torn. ._.

 

I was thinking of treating Dysphoria as something like depression, as not everyone who has a Gender Identity different than their assigned birth sex had Gender Dysphoria, and Dysphoria can lead to things like depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and even self-hatred and body issues, blahblahblah.

But I'm not sure if I can make the project about a "condition", as the sheet says "disorder". But, if depression is a "disorder" and not a "condition", then I guess dysphoria could also be seen as a "disorder". I dunno.

My other choices were trichotillomania and DID. But I still kind of want to come out and let my teacher know.

EDIT: I should note that a disorder is only seen as a disorder if it interferes with daily life. So if Dysphoria causes depression and other stuff, then it is kind of a disorder.

 

Yeah, I know how you felt/feel, going through it now.

But the question is whether I should consider dysphoria itself the disorder or just the cause of the depression.

Of course, for me, my depression has alot of causes, but the dysphoria is a big one.

 

Yeah, I was kind trying to say that, but my brain is like, "no, you're not allowed to make sense today!"

So, I think I'm gonna do the project on it, what do you think? I already have two positive opinions (no, fingers, not "onions") but it's always nice to be democratic. ;p

 

It's not really the public, since I opted to just write a paper and hand it to the teacher, but that's just knit picking.

And that's the second time today I almost spelled onions instead of opinions.

 

Like, the character or the actual actress?

EDIT: Looked it up, and it's just the character. Meh. I watched like 13 seasons of Degrassi just because of Adam, so...

 

So do opinions have layers, or do they just really stink?

(Should have said this before, but I forgot.)

 

Yeah, but... you know...

It being classified as a mental illness (dysphoria, NOT gender identity) does help some people get the hormones/surgery they need. But meh.

I was talking about the dysphoria, not the actual identity. Which is why I equated the "dysphoria" to clinical/chronic depression. Which is a symptom of it, but still.

GID is no longer a mental "illness", unless you ask bigots who don't accept the new DSM-5 over the DSM-4 and still believe it to coincide with homosexuality. Now it's gender dysphoria, the dysphoria/depression some trans people feel that results from them being trans. Some trans people don't have dysphoria, just like some people don't have clinical depression. Again, a disorder is only classified as a disorder if it impedes everyday life.

 

Well, I did it.

I told her I'm doing Gender Dysphoria.

I didn't actually say it to her face that I was trans, but she had the look on her face like, "holy sh** I've been calling this person 'sir' for like a month and a half now."

Honestly I feel a bit worse. If not more... powerful? I don't know. I just feel like I have an up now.

She doubted I could cover the topic though. I've been researching this for almost 3 or 4 years since I was 13, I think I can handle this. :rolle:

EDIT: Also, not sure if I should do this here, but *birthday dance*:eusa_danc

 

I guess I just feel kind of mad at her for saying, "you might not be able to cover it in time, are you sure?" When she was ALL ABOARD doing the project about DID or Trichotillomania.