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We should talk about how body dysmorphia isn& #39;t just about being trans & the idea that it& #39;s a trans exclusive experience is damaging in more was than just transmed gatekeeping. Body dysmorphia can be about height, weight, acne, anything you feel is a & #39;mistake& #39; in your appearance.
It& #39;s a weird experience being trans & having body dysmorphia & the two aspects about myself being entirely separate. I don& #39;t care about my genitalia, though I don& #39;t love being clocked as & #39;female& #39;. Yet entirely unrelated I feel fat & short & ugly & hate this prison of a body.
I don& #39;t think I& #39;ve ever thought like, oh I hate this vagina. I don& #39;t think my body is supposed to have a vagina. I& #39;m indifferent about my chest but Snap on/Snap off Boobs aren& #39;t a think (yet). Meanwhile I& #39;ve definitely thought about hating performative femininity. +
+ gender presentation, gender perception is how I came to terms with being trans & having a trans identity. It& #39;s not always a medical procedure. It& #39;s not always & #39;hating the wrong parts& #39;.
Meanwhile the dysmorphia is a whole separate entity that exists entirely disconnected from my gender/sex. It& #39;s my height, it& #39;s my weight, it& #39;s my acne. Believe it or not it can be unrealistic. It can be not having fucking horns?! It can be that I& #39;m not just mist in the wind.
Dysmorphia is eating disorders & altered perceptions of reality. Its wondering why my blood is blood & not tar & slime. It& #39;s an actual medical condition where your body imagine is entirely warped. Sometimes it can & #39;fixed& #39;. Sometimes it becomes to consuming to rationalize.
Body Dysmorphia CAN be a result of growing up as a closeted trans person. But it& #39;s not a necessity, nor a requirement. & it& #39;s not something ONLY trans people experience. & it& #39;s really fucked that I spent years of my life being lied to & told they& #39;re intrinsic when they& #39;re not.
Basically. You don& #39;t need to have body dysmorphia to be Trans. Point Blank Period. But I hope all my Psychosis Family out there also know you don& #39;t need to be trans to have Body Dysmorphia. I wish that& #39;s something someone explained to me too. Sometimes it& #39;s just it& #39;s own think.
**Thing**
