Less dysphoric when naked?

[Dante]

I HATE being naked. I hate taking showers so much that I put it off until the last possible second (to northy; you stole my plague reference, I was gonna say that  ). Then my parents get mad at me for smelling bad, but don't understand when I try to tell them how much I hate taking showers. That being said, I take pretty long showers. Whenever I see myself naked, I get really depressed and just stand/sit in the shower forever, talking or singing to myself. This makes me hate showers even more. I just can't win.

[GamerJames]

I can walk around my apartment naked (when the kids aren't here) and feel fine, until I look down and see the "moobs" or if I accidentally pass in front of a mirror. Like when I'm walking to the shower and I pass by the bathroom mirror and see everything all in one fell swoop... It's quite disorienting actually, because for a split second I'm like "what the...?? " and then I realize "oh, right... "

I often sleep naked, but some of the time I *really* need to wear my packy to bed (which requires wearing my boxer briefs), and other times I *really* need to wear a top to bed (so that I don't accidentally feel the moobs against my arm when I curl up, etc).

I guess overall being naked doesn't "make" me feel more or less dysphoric, but it's just that it allows more *opportunities* for me to feel/see the parts I don't want, which feeds the dysphoria. When I'm naked and don't see or feel the bad parts, I'm fine, so it's not the nudity itself that is the key factor for me it seems.

[Kayden]

That being said, I don't like "seeing" myself naked.
I like being naked, but I don't like seeing myself naked.
There's a difference.

A lot of people like to quote you Miniar. It's true though.  That's how I was pre-op.

Now that I'm post op?  Well, I still have to wear my binder because DANG liposuction screws up blood vessels and tissues.  However, when I'm actually naked, I'm still pretty defensive and feel kinda awkward.  But instead of feeling like I got a nasty surprise when I look in the mirror, it's usually a pleasant reminder.

[Cloudrot]

No way am I more comfortable naked. I hate showers and being shirtless and I -won't- look in the mirror until I've got clothes on... Unless I feel like torturing myself. XP

When I -do- look in the mirror it just throws me. It's kind of surreal. I feel like, I'm seeing part of me, and part of something else. Then I feel this strong need to fix it. It's really distressing.

[GamerJames]

No way am I more comfortable naked. I hate showers and being shirtless and I -won't- look in the mirror until I've got clothes on... Unless I feel like torturing myself. XP

When I -do- look in the mirror it just throws me. It's kind of surreal. I feel like, I'm seeing part of me, and part of something else. Then I feel this strong need to fix it. It's really distressing.

^This^ When I see myself nekkid in the mirror, I feel like my head has been placed on someone else's body. Hence that feeling of "huh?!?" It's like I expect to see a fully male body (that "body map" thing I guess) and then when I see the reality of my physical self, it scrambles the signal for a sec until I put it all back into perspective. Dysphoria is such a head trip sometimes...