What is gender dysphoria exactly?
Self-identified trans girl here. 3 weeks on hrt.. I just need to make sure... (Make sure I'm not making a mistake etc).. What exactly is.. gender dysphoria? I think I understand its usually said to be a distress caused from incongruence with sex characteristics and internal gender identity (among other things).. but what exactly does that feel like emotionally/mentally..? Funny thing is, as a "guy" who is considered conventionally attractive in certain ways, this general script of "well I'm a decent looking chap" was the MO I just went along with for some years.. but considering I suspect I may have some kind of alexithymia which prevents me from kind of having an emotional measure/check/assessment on things.. I am left with a kind of uncertainty about this transition I'm undergoing. I seem to be unable to care enough to do the imagination experiments of my new feminine form, namely boobs, that many trans folk are able to feel confident about. I think this may be about chest hair dysphoria. I still remain pretty solid on my trans identity but I figured at 3 weeks in would be a good time to inquire on here. Still boymoding and look exactly the same I feel.