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[–]ntr4ctrAdult Male with gender dysphoria[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm not trying to be a jerk about this, but you don't know for sure it would relieve the anxiety right?

I mean, it's disgusting. I've felt that way since puberty. It looks disgusting, it feels disgusting, I want it gone. I never want to use it for anything in my life because the very idea is horrifying. Imagine if you had a disgusting part like that stuck to your body, even if it was medically harmless, wouldn't you want it eliminated?

Body Dysmorphic Disorder is a disorder where people have a distorted image of their own bodies and see themselves as fatter, uglier, etc. than they really are. I have friends with BDD, and it's not the same as gender dysphoria. And I've been on estrogen for over 2 years, which I've been very happy with, so I do think I'm probably trans.

Another question, is anyone going to follow up on that and make sure you're living as a woman? Can you just... pretend that you getting lived experience as a female but actually live as a male? I know it's scummy to game the system like that, I'm just curious.

I've considered that, but I'm a pretty terrible liar, and I don't know that I could convince several psychologists.