GENDER DYSPHORIA

SYMPTOMS

Teens and adults may suffer the following symptoms as a result of gender dysphoria:

• There is a significant disparity between their internal gender identification and primary or secondary sex traits or predicted secondary sex features in early teenagers.
• There is a burning urge to eliminate primary or secondary sex features due to a significant difference in their internal gender identification or an ability to avoid the emergence of expected secondary sexual characteristics in early adolescents.
• A significant yearning for the other gender’s primary or secondary sex traits.
• There is an intense yearning to be of the opposite sex or a gender other than the identified sex.
• A burning urge to be recognized as the opposite gender or as a gender other than the identified sex.
• A person who believes that they have common sentiments and behaviors of the opposite gender or an alternative gender other than the biological gender.
• Extreme discomfort or hindrance in interpersonal, professional, or other functional domains

DIAGNOSIS

Gender dysphoria may be diagnosed by your doctor based on the following factors:

• Evaluating one’s mental wellness. The provider will assess a person with gender dysphoria to verify the discrepancy between their gender identification and their sex at birth. Including their past and progress of gender dysphoric emotions, the effect of the shame relating to gender nonconformity on psychological health, and the quality of support they get from relatives, friends, and colleagues.
• DSM-5. The definitions for gender dysphoria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders may be used by their mental health specialist.

TREATMENT

Counselling. Some persons with gender dysphoria may not want to undergo surgical and medical transformation. A competent therapist can guide you through every stage of your gender identification experience.

Hormone therapy. Supplementary hormones can assist in building more physical features of their recognized gender.

Surgery. Breast rebuilding or breast enhancement, phalloplasty, vaginoplasty, or metoidioplasty can all be included in the gender enhancer-binding.