Would anyone truly feel dysphoric or even suicidal if they woke up as the opposite sex/gender?
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[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 3 fun - 11 months ago* (2 children)
Id certainly be dysphoric, but thats because I've had a male body for 39 years. But this is a disingenuous argument and beside the point, they didn't just wake up in another body one day, its the one they've always had. If the world's greatest athlete woke up in my body one day, I'd expect they'd be awfully dysphoric about the sudden change in athleticism, what they've dedicated their whole life to would be taken from them. I on the other hand have had decades to comes to terms with the fact that I won't ever be a professional athlete and have based my self-worth and identity on other qualities. I would have to be insane to say, 'but in my brain I was always a professional athlete and I was born in the wrong body and we are all gonna play pretend or else'.
P.S. - The doctors incorrectly assigned me as a peasant at birth, I was meant to be a member of the royal family. You will call me Baron von Phooey III and curtsy in my presence or I will have HR send you to sensitivity training
[–]Alienhunter糞大名 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - 11 months ago (0 children)
I mean that's the rub. Most of us can probably emphasize somewhat with the "I don't feel right in my own skin" feeling but we aren't literally "in the wrong body" and they didn't wake up one morning suddenly the opposite sex of what they've always been.
I think the biggest problem is self acceptance. I just accept myself as myself and see no reason to make drastic changes to myself in order to be happy. If by some magic I was the opposite sex it would probably be mentally distressing to come to terms with it, but I'd have the same mentality, it is what it is so just deal with it.
[–]xoenix 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun - 11 months ago (0 children)
they didn't just wake up in another body one day, its the one they've always had.
I've heard that some MtFs have destroyed their brains and gone senile at an early age due to taking lot of estrogen and forgetting they were trans. Then they're distressed about missing their penis or having boobs and wondering why the nurse is calling them a "she".
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