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Would this be considered gender dysphoria?

Discussion in 'Gender Identity and Expression' started by Spacesword, May 17, 2015.

  1. Spacesword

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    Okay, so i've been questioning my gender for a while now and I was told on another site that I couldn't be FTM if I didn't have gender dysphoria. I'm not sure exactly what qualifies as dysohoria but here's a bit of information about me that I think may fit that....

    First off, I hate my chest....when I first started growing breasts I would do my best to try to hide it and now if I do wear a bra it has to be a sports bra because if I wear a regular one I feel paranoid, uncomfortable...something around there because I can't really describe the feeling.

    Secondly I hate dressing Femininely, ever since I was a little kid I hated dresses or having long hair. Both which my mom forced me to wear (or wanted me to, unless I was playing outside) until I turned ten(thirteen for the hair though I didn't get it cut how I wanted it to be until I was around fifteen or sixteen.) one of my closest friends even told me when I told her that I was questioning my gender that I mentioned wanting a haircut like this boy in our third grade class, though I don't recall that though I do remember drawing myself with very short hair at that age.


    Lastly in my family you are usually called by a pronoun or nickname besides your real name when you are being addressed and I absolutely hate it when someone calls me 'girl' it makes me both uncomfortable and mad. Like it just doesn't fit. It's always got that reaction from me since I was around thirteen or so and just seems to get worse the older I get.



    Sorry for the long post...I'm just not very good describing things.
     
  2. Im Hazel

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    First, you don't need dysphoria to be trans(*). It's just the best indicator. The first thing is dysphoria, 100%. It doesn't sound like the most severe dysphoria in the world, but it's definitely dysphoria, and you should do something about that. The last thing is also dysphoria - social dysphoria. Does being read as female make you depressed? If so, that is definitely dysphoria, and pretty bad social dysphoria at that.
     
  3. Acm

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    That does sound like dysphoria to me, mostly the first and the last part.
     
  4. darkcomesoon

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    The first and the last things you described are definitely dysphoria (physical and social dysphoria, respectively). The second one isn't exactly dysphoria, but it's certainly common in trans people.