what triggers moments of dysphoria for you.

[Elanore joey]

so we all have gender dysphoria but i find i can live for 75% of the time not thinking about it but theres certain thing that really give me dysphoric feelings when Its not on my mind. the biggest one for me are bananas  i know right its so weird. yet other phallus shaped food don't bother me il eat pork sausages until they come out my ears. another one for me is walking down the street and seeing a mens clothing shop.

so whats yours? i wonder who can come up with the funniest

[suzifrommd]

so whats yours? i wonder who can come up with the funniest

Well, I don't claim that mine are funny. The sight of me in the mirror, sans wig or hat, where my bald/thin spots are showing will do it for me.

[Thessa]

I have lost some weight recently, so I had to shop this week for new business outfits.
It dragged me down to one of the circles of dante's inferno , knowing that I really want to shop upstairs in the womans department.

Another thing is if I see a woman with full red hair, this is so hard because I lost mine so early.

No that funny, but this is it...

[Elanore joey]

the shopping in the mens department when i wanted to be in the womens department did hurt me before coming out but after coming that went pretty much straight the way cuz i was full time within 9 months and i didnt buy any more mens clothes apart from a new hoody and i still wear a mens hoody because i just love this particular hoody from primark so cheap yet lasts so long.

i get dysphoria from looking in the mirror normally when in there bathroom having a shower or shaving but i find it disappears when i put on my nice underwear and make up, luckily I'm only 23 and i have more hair than a mountain goat on my head so i have the issue of trying to keep it under control.

and sorry re reading my post funny probably isn't the right word use we have to live with these issues every day.

[suzifrommd]

Another thing is if I see a woman with full red hair, this is so hard because I lost mine so early.

Of course, a visit to a wig shop might fix this...

[Elanore joey]

wigs have become very fashionable lately, before training as a scientist i was a hair stylist and towards the end of my career i saw a massive increase in young ladies wearing wigs. if your hair makes you feel bad just think of a wig as a fashion choice.

[Sebby Michelango]

My triggers are showering, being naked, misgendering and not passing. I also get triggered by seeing myself in the mirror and when people I know destroy my passing in front of strangers.

[Denise]

My trigger is pretty straight forward - Women.

Typically women who are well dressed and take the time to be presentable.  My head just screams - THAT COULD BE ME!  Even my wife triggered it at times.  That was a really difficult time.  Until I got over that about her, it was daily resentment that she was a she and I wasn't.

And now that I'm starting to transition (a thought that just 3 months ago was unobtainable) when I see the same thing I think - hummm, I'm not sure I'd wear that top with those pants, nice job on the eye shadow, etc...

[KathyLauren]

Shopping for (men's) clothes, or being with my wife when she's shopping for clothes.  Seeing all the nice stuff that I'd like to wear instead of the uncomfortable, colourless, boring stuff that I have to wear.

[Peep]

wearing clothes
not wearing clothes
being around any other humans

[Elanore joey]

i can relate to the human part of that but for me its not dysphoria its just a general dislike for the majority of the human race 

[Ms Grace]

For me, my dysphoria was more that I hated being seen as and treated as male, along with all the gender segregation and expectations that flowed from that. Now that I have accomplished transition at a public and social level and am seen and accepted as female in almost every area of my life my dysphoria is very low.

Generally I'm fine with my body despite the plumbing parts not being what I feel to be the right parts. Surgery might fix that perception to a degree but I'm not kidding myself that either way my body will never be functional in the way a genetic woman's is. That is a low background hum source of dysphoria but I feel my life as a woman is accomplished enough right now to override that many, many times over.

My dysphoria around being seen as male presently leads to a fear that, despite my presentation and life being as fulfilling as it currently is, I may still be rejected or segregated because of my current plumbing configuration. Anyway, fortunately my dysphoria is no longer crippling, like I say, just a low buzz in the background...

[Deborah]

My dysphoria was almost purely  mental and physical with very little social discomfort if that makes any sense.  I'm not really sure what triggered it.  I might go months not thinking about it much then suddenly it was there like a giant boulder on my shoulders and it would stay there for many months more. 

Maybe I'm just nuts.


Sapere Aude

[Mariah]

The part that really gives me dysphoria is seeing down below. It's always been triggering, but as time has gone along it's gotten worse. Hugs
Mariah

[Peep]

The part that really gives me dysphoria is seeing down below. It's always been triggering, but as time has gone along it's gotten worse. Hugs
Mariah

this ^ plus peeing, and shark week

[Thessa]

Of course, a visit to a wig shop might fix this...

You are right, but I can still remember the feeling when I had my own long hair and I have to overcome that nagging feeling that a wig is still a wig and not the same as my own hair.

[Thessa]

i can relate to the human part of that but for me its not dysphoria its just a general dislike for the majority of the human race 

I can relate to this so much   

[bailey_jess]

My dysphoria was almost purely  mental and physical with very little social discomfort if that makes any sense.  I'm not really sure what triggered it.  I might go months not thinking about it much then suddenly it was there like a giant boulder on my shoulders and it would stay there for many months more. 

Maybe I'm just nuts.


Sapere Aude

I relate to this so much, my dysphoria could stay asleep for months but then suddenly wake up and be the worse.
But i guess seeing some of my own body and facial features triggered it, Like my eyebrow bossing and my broad shoulders to narrow hips proportions but its all getting better getting FFS and SRS in Jan 2017.

[WorkingOnThomas]

Being naked and speaking in front of people I don't know. I pass a lot better now that my facial hair has come in a bit, but my voice hasn't dropped and won't drop until I start T - months from now. And things will be rolling along just fine, and then I open my mouth, and then it seems like everyone is staring at me and I'm right back where I started. It'll get better, just got to hang in there.

[Peep]

I'm 5'2" and i hunch because chest dysphoria. I look like a child and it really really bothers me

I have younger (cis male as far as we know) siblings that are going to look older than me in a few years - I feel like they'll be 16 and I'll be almost 30 and still look like a teenager :C