Alright, this is going to be a hard post to write. I feel like the world sort of trivializes gender dysphoria and there’s not many descriptions of what the dysphoria feels like, so here is Gender Dysphoria, as felt by Naia.
Gender dysphoria is…
- trying to cut off your own genitals before age six, because they’re “disgusting” and “don’t belong”.
- going through puberty, and being so incredibly repulsed by the changes happening to your own body.
- feeling as if your body is a foreign parasite that is hostile to your “true self” and works against your goal of being said self.
- externalizing your body from yourself, in a sort of dissociation, and wanting to do harm to it as its own entity.
- shaving your entire until you bleed, then shaving more, plucking, and ripping out unwanted hairs.
- becoming almost misandristic because society’s view of your biological sex diametrically opposes your sense of self.
- prioritizing hormone therapy above other medications, including potentially life saving medications, when you’re in a pinch, because the fear of detransitioning is worse than fear of possibly dying.
- you’d rather be called any insult in the world, be cat-called, and other forms of harassment, ANYTHING other than being misgendered.
- feeling like you have to overcompensate and express hyper-femininity to pass.
- spending money on a passport years before you intend on traveling, just so you have a gender-affirming document and/or to compel a state to change your gender marker.
- avoiding using the restroom anywhere but at designated “safe places” because no matter which door you choose, you risk physical harm.
- fearing for your LIFE and WELLBEING every election cycle.
- DO NOT LOOK DOWN IN THE SHOWER
- spending a lot of time online, where your choice of username can prevent you from being misgendered.
- embracing COVID-19 for normalizing masks, hiding any potential stubble and/or shaving cuts.
okay guys, what did I miss?
#transgender #trans #transgendergirl #mtf #genderdysphoria #dysphoria
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