I've recently made a post on this board about not feeling very happy with how I look (and I do apologize if I made this thread too soon after my previous thread I just thought it would be better if this was its own topic). I've been giving it more thought since I first posted the topic and I have been wondering if what I am feeling can be described as gender dysphoria. I apologize if what I am about to write is really messy or does not make any sense I have been very stressed out over this today and I am somewhat overwhelemed with stuff at the moment.
I've never been able to pinpoint what about me feels so "off" when it comes to me feeling ugly. I can't really point to one trait in particular that I feel bad about I just always have been unhappy with how I look in general. There are a few things about myself that I believe I would prefer if it looked more steryotypically feminine (I apologize if anything in this post comes off as steryotypical). I've always liked having longer hair and I really dislike it when I am pressured to cut it short. I also have always felt weird about my hands. Its hard to explain but I've always just thought that more feminine looking hands looked better than masculine ones.
I believe that I may enjoy wearing some typically feminine clothes more than typically masculine ones, such as dresses or corsets.
Lastly, I have always had a dislike for what is seen as typically "masculine" in society. I've never liked sports or wanted to be super strong or anything. I know that there are tons of guys like that but I've never really vibed with most stuff that society expects men to be into. I've always seen a "female friendship" as something more desireable than a "male friendship".
I do have some doubts about this however. I've never really had any extreme thoughts of unhappiness with being my current gender that I have read that some people online do. My biggest worry that I have is that non of these thoughts that I am having are "real". Its kinda hard for me to explain what I feel, but part of me is worried that what I have talked about in this thread so far are simply thoughts created by my mind to give me something to believe in that would make me more "interesting" (I do not mean that I believe that transgender people are attention seekers I just worry that my mind is making me think I may be experience gender dysphoria because it would somehow make me more unique in a way). This has been causing me some trouble because I worry that the answers any question about my gender that I ask myself are biased in some way and I am having a hard time telling if what I am feeling is real or not.
I've also never really had any discomfort with my genitals. I have wondered a few times before about what it would be like to have femal genitals and I have never been super bothered by the idea of having them. I know not all transgender people feel that way about their genitals I just wanted to throw it out there as well.
I really do apologize if anything I wrote in here is offensive or steyoptyipical of trans people or women. I have been wondering this for a bit now and I just would like to know if these are common thoughts that people with gender dysphoria have.
Am I Experiencing Gender Dysphoria?
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