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[–]blahblahgcer 23 insightful - 2 fun23 insightful - 1 fun24 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I had gender dysphoria (I thought I was nonbinary) and what I think saved me was regular talk therapy. I didn't even bring up dysphoria/trans stuff at all, but regular therapy to help with my issues/traumas did a number on my dysphoria. It's still there but a lot less noticeable.

That plus hearing from others about how woman/man isn't a feeling and from seeing other gender nonconforming people really flipped the switch for me.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's awesome it improved for you after therapy! It's interesting you mention trauma being related-- trans people have a (reported in research at least) high rate of negative mental health outcomes and psychopathology prevalence. I have often wondered how much trauma plays into the likelihood of developing gender dysphoria-- certainly the media way over-attributes the psychopathology among trans people to discrimination (one possible source but not the only source).