Medical terms will usually be negative. That’s the perspective you come from on the treatment side. Identify and name a thing that is wrong in order to drive effective treatment. Hence the very negative term used by the DSM.
As far as the lived experience, euphoria can be easier to identify for some. If you’re a trans adult who is unaware, the feeling of dysphoria is normal. Its the baseline. It can be very difficult to notice when your baseline is wrong because its what defines your perspective.
Since starting HRT I’ve learned many things were dysphoria that I assumed were just normal.
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How about rapidly oscillating between the two moment to moment?
Back-and-forthic
From my understanding, this is different for everyone. For some people it’s about dysphoria, for others euphoria for others maybe neither. It’s always wrong to generalize. Always.
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That’s a whole other debate though. I understand this post to be about trying to focus also on the positive side of being trans (the euphoria) instead of constantly being confronted with the negatives (dysphoria).
Just let people decide for themselves what they want to do. Why do you worry about anyone transitioning out of euphoria alone? Do you think that is actually a realistic possibility for a larger portion of trans people to do? I feel like there has been a much narrower view on transitioning 15 years ago. But nowadays you hear most trans people speak about transitioning at their own pace and do what feels right for themselves. So I don’t think your argument is all that meaningful.
I cannot decide if you’re speaking in good faith or are one of those people that use their “worry” to discourage people from transitioning. Because that’s a really common talking point and is fundamentally hostile against trans people.
How gatekeepy :/
Informed consent is far better than the subjective interpretations of doctors. No trans person should have to justify surgery and hrt by proving we have dysphoria or anything else, at most we should have to show we aren’t currently psychotic.
Also, the risks of HRT are overblown. Doctors frequently cite old studies on non bioidentical estrogens and studies where progestogens were also used. They also still prefer blockers rather than monotherapy when mono is far safer, and often choose cheap blockers over safer ones.
Cosmetic surgeries (including ones purely for vanity, rather than restoring something that’s disfigured) are still conducted by doctors, and many of those are far more risky and invasive than HRT.
Am I not allowed to take risks purely to improve my life rather than to make it less bad? I suppose then that most people shouldn’t be allowed to become pregnant because it’s a risk that’s not fixing a specific bad thing.
It’s disappointing how quickly liberty goes out the window for minorities in the name of “safety” or “what’s best” for them.
