As a pre-T trans man, it’s not easy to dodge dysphoria. I have a strong, positive mindset and attitude but even that is not a solution on its own. I keep oscillating between positive self-talk and negative dysphoric self-talk. For days, it seems as if dysphoria is gone or is no more but then it just suddenly strikes back and stays put for a while.
Here are some of the things that cause me to feel dysphoric starting from the most common ones –
1. Getting misgendered or being called by my legal name
This is the worst.
Surely, there are times when it’s a necessary evil and I just can’t escape it. And similarly, there are times when I just brush it under the carpet and pay no attention to it. There are times when I ignore the person involved (a silent ‘get out of my life’) and there…
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