No one wants or asks to have gender dysphoria. It is like asking for a permanent annoyance that hampers quality of life and one has to learn to live with or find coping mechanisms or solutions to keep it at bay.
Someone responded to a comment on YouTube that I made regarding this issue which said that even people without dysphoria didn't always feel comfortable being pigeonholed by virtue of birth sex which I agree with. I responded to them that whatever helps improve their quality of life is a good thing.
I suspect based on my reading that people experience dysphoria quite differently and at different levels but the phrase which always comes back to me is Anne Vitale's "gender expression deprivation anxiety" which comes closest to capturing what it feels like.
Whatever our situation is, the only thing we need to focus on is applying measures that will work and continuing to uphold self-respect, self-esteem and transparency to those closest to us.
I completely co-sign to that attribute of "gender expression deprivation anxiety." It absolutely feels like that.
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If you are curious go to Anne Vitale's site as there are some pdf articles there :)
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