My friend Kelly experience's OCD and Gender Dysphoria and has had the former since she was 7 and the latter since she was 5 (even though it was minor). Until recently, being a year, she say's they have been separate. And she say's she was fine suffering with two different things because it was less stressful. But, now, they combined and now she has OCD like thoughts with her Dysphoria. Thoughts like this range from, "If you stand like that, you'll never be a pretty girl", to repetitive actions because if she doesn't do them she will "Look 'manly' even after HRT". She know's the thought's are absurd and that they wont logically happen, but they terrify her. She just can't help but do what they command. She say's she is never free, from the moment she wake's, to the moment she settles down. Has anyone experienced this? And please, how can she fix this? What advice can I give my friend? Sorry for posting so often, btw.
