Essay On Gender Dysphoria

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In the news, there have been more stories discussing gender and what gender actually means. Celebrities like Laverne Cox and Caitlin Jenner have been paving the way for transgender youth, but society is still not accepting. Transgender youth still suffer from the effects our society has on them both as who they appear as and who they view themselves as. Dysphoria is generally described as “a state of unease or dissatisfaction with life.” By attaching gender to dysphoria it becomes discomfort towards a person's assigned sex and gender, or in more specific terms “the condition of feeling one's emotional and psychological identity to be opposite to one's biological sex.” I have suffered from gender dysphoria for years, and the effects this dysphoria has had on me, both mentally and physically, have altered me forever.
My gender dysphoria became apparently when I was twelve, young and naive
to the new feelings growing inside me. It was also the year where most kids begin their …show more content…

Life had become a deserted island, leaving me alone on the beach with no one to provide the answers for me. At least, that was how the next year went on. The counselors at the jr. high recommended I see their specialist, which, seeing as I had nothing else to go with, I conceded. She was a pleasant woman. She listened to me when I was upset, asked me questions I did not always have answers to, but for the most part, she was a constant figure telling me I was okay. I almost believed her. I still sometimes believe I was okay, that she was right, that nothing was wrong with me. She recommended I seek therapy over the summer, but my parents seemed to think I was fine. Until I was not fine. Freshman year was the worst year of my life. Even now, looking back at it, I still feel the dull aches from my younger self's

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