Is it normal for your Dysphoria to continue to grow? There was a time in my life when I barely noticed I had any dysphoria and life was simple and smooth. And then it just exsploded the more I thought about my feelings and mindset, it felt like I was driving myself insane. And I couldn't understand why it continued to grow because at one point it was barely noticed.
yeah, no, that seems about par for the course. back when I realized I was trans around seven years ago it was this big "holy shit" moment of clarity and suddenly I realized why I felt the way I did and it was this huge weight off my shoulders and I thought the world was finally starting to make sense and my new-found knowledge of myself would help me become a more extroverted and confident person. today is the first day in a week where my dysphoria hasn't induced a massive depressed episode that mostly ruined my day. >_<;
I really started to notice my dysphoria after coming out as trans. I don't know if it grew or if I am not aware of it and can identify it. Makes it feel bigger than it did before.
Definitely. For me, realizing that I was trans and then admitting it to myself caused what was previously only minor dysohoria to grow. I think being more aware of your true feelings/desires/self always makes dysphoria worse.
Yeah, I agree with everybody else. It does seem to grow for a lot of people after they come out as transgender.
Looking back, I can see roughly four different levels of dysphoria I've gone through. I have almost no memory of questioning my gender as a child. As a teenager, I began cross-dressing in secret, and became very frustrated with my voice and body hair. About two years ago, I began researching topics like transgenderism that had been taboo. At that third stage, the dysphoria kept escalating. Now that I identify as a woman, it comes and goes in waves, while always lurking beneath the surface.
I don`t think my dysphoria is bad, but I mostly get stress when I`m not wearing girls cloths. I have really noticed how flat my chest is.
For me it grew. But maybe it didn't IDK. It seems like it could have stayed the same, and just redirected. I mean, I used to have problems with being touched. After accepting my gender, that disappeared, as if the mental unrest had been transferred to dysphoria.
