Recognising Gender Dysphoria / Transsexualism

Symptoms

Adolescence

At this stage in life, coping with Gender Dysphoria becomes far more complex, and different pressures are brought to bear on the different genders. With puberty, hormones start to trigger body changes. A higher level of testosterone in a boy leads to a deeper voice, beard growth and more body hair. Girls grow breasts and start their periods.

This can all be highly distressing and confusing to young people with Gender Dysphoria.

To relieve their anxieties, boys may combine excessive masturbation with secret cross-dressing. Often, they will start to behave in stereotypically male fashion to hide their secret desire to be female.

Girls may start wearing loose, baggy and neutral clothes to hide their bodies.

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