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I drove myself mad trying to remember the sexual trauma that would explain why I only wanted to wear baggy clothing, felt deeply uncomfortable in doctors' exams, hated showering, and shaved my head in college.https://twitter.com/e_urq/status/1367183868978208768 …
All were taken by professionals as signs of having been abused, along with depression and low self esteem. Wearing men's clothes was taken as more evidence for the abused girl hypothesis. Gender dysphoria wasn't on anyone's radar at the time.
When I finally started thinking "this might be gender dysphoria" I didn't even want to hope it could be true. I was so suspicious of easy answers or root causes by that time. Surely it couldn't be so simple? Reader, it was.
Can trauma masquerade as gender dysphoria? It's certainly possible. Can gender dysphoria be misdiagnosed as probably trauma? I'm living proof.
I had both, but didn't know it at the time. Turns out that a lot of my self-esteem and low mood issues were *ding ding* caused by dysphoria. I still have these issues, bc I still have depression, but it's way more manageable on meds + therapy than it was pre-HRT or coming out.
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