because of my dsyphoria I feel like I'm struggling to just survive most of the time
I am in college and this often makes it hard for me to get my schoolwork done
I am currently in finals week and hoping I don't fail anything
I certainly haven't been able to do as well as I could
I'm hoping that asking my proffessors to use my right name and pronouns helps some next semester
If anyone has any advice about how to get things done when your feeling too dsyphoric to get them done it would be helpful though.

Hugs, I think we can all appreciate just how difficult it can be, especially at times of high stress. For me I often got through it by playing a game of pretend and imagined myself to be a woman on an undercover mission so cleverly disguised as a male that no one realised, the fools! It actually worked pretty well a lot of the time. I used it a lot once I had decided to transition but that was still many months away. Hope you feel better soon!

Quote from: kittylover on December 10, 2014, 10:47:31 AM
If anyone has any advice about how to get things done when your feeling too dsyphoric to get them done it would be helpful though.

KL, it really helped me to have a definite plan and timetable for when I was going to transition. The worst time was when I was thinking about transitioning but was afraid/uncertain. Once I had my plans in place, it was easy to see just about everything I did as a way of moving toward where I know I needed to be.

Not sure I can be of any help here, since my academic life has been in a muddle ever since the day I first questioned my gender seriously. I was always on track with all my work, except lately where on my bad days I just don't do anything, I'm just lucky my professors are nice people or I'd do really horribly.

I take walks when I'm feeling like I can't focus on anything. Wandering around campus has become a new thing of mine over the past two months. Not that it helps me much.. I'm having a hard time dealing with things too. Supposed to be applying to grad schools right about this time but any motivation I can muster up goes into getting my work done. I also work out a lot and eat healthy, I can't say whether that makes much of a difference for me because I've been at it for a while now, but healthy eating and exercise theoretically helps with depression, so maybe? I've got nothing to say really, sorry. I'm also hoping I don't fail my finals next week.

I find it hard too. My school work is harder now then ever and I struggle to concentrate sometimes.

Reminds me of when I was young... instead of dealing with dysphoria, I ignored it and got myself into an incredible mess. I was fooling myself I could keep up with the boys, which I could not. I had to work ten times as hard as they did, and still failed. It was complete hell. It's best to deal with dysphoria as early as you can, when you can. Because even after denying and ignoring it, it came back a decade later, crushing my soul.

Time waits for no one...

I treat my dysphoria like a light ringing in my ears. I accept the the thoughts as background noise and try to focus on what I need to accomplish until I can do something to silence the pink dog. It served me well in college and work, but be careful, if it becomes too strong you can slip back into denial/repression.