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# Managed Dysphoria
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Growing up in the closet, even when you don't know you're in the closet, becomes an existence built on top of coping mechanisms intended to alleviate dysphoria. The following are ways in which a closeted trans person may find to alleviate the dysphoria they experience in their day to day lives.
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Growing up in the closet, even when you don't know you're in the closet, becomes an existence built on top of coping mechanisms intended to alleviate dysphoria. The following are ways a closeted trans person may find to alleviate the dysphoria they experience in their day to day lives:
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- When a video game gives you the option of choosing your gender, you tend to choose differently than your assigned gender. This may be accompanied with excuses to defend that choice. "It defaulted to male and I didn't care." "I don't want to stare at a guy's butt for hours."
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- A preference for literature and film with characters of your true gender, or with characters who break gender norms (Mulan, Little Women)
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- A preference for literature and film with characters of your true gender, or with characters who break gender norms (Mulan, Little Women).
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- Pornographic outlets which satisfy strong desires or feel more relatable, such as a draw towards gay/lesbian porn, bridal kink, or transformation sequences.
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- Crossdressing or performing drag
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- Crossdressing or performing drag.
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- Finding excuses to cut hair short, or to grow it out.
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- Avoiding social gatherings whenever possible, seeking isolation.
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- Becoming intimately educated about some gender associated topic, such as men's or women's clothing design
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- Becoming intimately educated about some gender-associated topic, such as men's or women's clothing design.
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- Obsessively working out (AFABs)
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- Obsessively working out (AFABs).
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- Helping cis partners to shop in order to live vicariously through their presentation.
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Because so much abuse is handed down on to gender non-conforming children, many trans people grow up learning to hide their natural personalities out of sheer necessity. Many trans people speak about having a phase of life where they attempted to "buy-in" on their assigned gender, performing masculinity or femininity to extremes in order to try to "fix" themselves. This leads to repression tendencies which may even superficially appear toxic, but are simply the results of trying to hide every scrap of their true selves.
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Because so much abuse is handed down onto gender non-conforming children, many trans people grow up learning to hide their natural personalities out of sheer necessity. Many trans people speak about having a phase of life where they attempted to "buy-in" on their assigned gender, performing masculinity or femininity to extremes in order to try to "fix" themselves. This leads to repression tendencies which may even superficially appear toxic, but are simply the results of trying to hide every scrap of their true selves.
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- Growing and meticulously grooming facial hair (the so called "denial beard")
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- Growing and meticulously grooming facial hair (the so-called "denial beard").
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- Taking up makeup artistry in order to perfect a high femme look.
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- Avoiding any conversation about fashion for any gender. Dissociating whenever fashion conversations or activities occur.
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- Obsessively working out (AMABs)
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- Obsessively working out (AMABs).
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- Assuming a strongly stereotyped gender role in a relationship (eg, the dutifully modest housewife)
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- Assuming a strongly stereotyped gender role in a relationship (e.g. the dutifully modest housewife).
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- Marrying and having kids in anticipation that it will "fix" what's wrong with you.
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- Buying in to ultra-conservative attitudes towards gender and sexuality
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- Buying in to ultra-conservative attitudes towards gender and sexuality.
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- Homophobia and Transphobia expressed in self defense to ward off suspicion.
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- Expressing Homophobia and Transphobia in self defense to ward off suspicion.
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- Aggressively passive engagement in anything connected to ones true gender.
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- Aggressively passive engagement in anything connected to one's true gender.
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Finally, another very common coping mechanism is to find means of escapement or mental engagement in order to forget your own feelings.
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Finally, another very common coping mechanism is to find means of escape or mental engagement in order to forget your own feelings.
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- Intensely investing large amounts of time into hobbies
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- Intensely investing large amounts of time into hobbies.
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- Long hours spent at work
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- Long hours spent at work.
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- Chain binging movies, tv shows or books.
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- Chain binging movies, TV shows or books.
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- Spending all idle time in video games or on social media
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- Spending all idle time playing video games or on social media.
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- Obsessively cleaning ones living space
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- Obsessively cleaning one's living space.
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- Sleeping. Lots and lots of sleeping.
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