Kim Brooks

I always knew my mother loved me, but I also knew just as surely that there were moments, hours, days, when she could hardly cope with her own life, much less motherhood. Often, these episodes came without warning, like a change in weather, and so I became a meteorologist of her dysphoria.

American Writer

Zoey Tur

I knew at a very early age, about 6 years old, that there was something different about me. But being young and not being exposed to people who had gender dysphoria, or role models that you see on TV today, I didn't know what it was.

American Journalist

Laura Jane Grace

There were definitely songs in the past that were me dealing with living this gender dysphoria, and sometimes they were really direct and no one picked up on it - but oftentimes, they were more veiled in metaphor.

American Musician

Martin Seligman

The goal of a life free of dysphoria is a snare and a delusion. A better goal is of good commerce with the world. Authentic happiness, astonishingly, can occur even in the presence of authentic sadness.

American Psychologist

ContraPoints

When I was a prepubescent child, I never really had experiences of gender dysphoria. This is not something that started until adolescence.

American Entertainer

Chaz Bono

People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television.

American Celebrity

Andreja Pejic

Gender dysphoria is never an easy thing to live with, mainly because people don't understand it.

Australian Model

I have gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia. I don't like to see pictures of myself.

Hari Nef

Dysphoria will always be a painful place.

American Actress

Understand it's a specific psychological term related to one's discomfort with their gender.

Psychological Concept

Dysphoria is not just any sadness, but is linked to a deep personal conflict, often regarding identity.

Not General Sadness

Mostly used in technical or medical contexts, not in casual conversation.

Technical Usage

Reflects a more intense feeling than disappointment, including restlessness and anxiety.

Negative Emotion

Used to describe a patient's emotional discomfort or unease, often observed by healthcare professionals.

Medical Discomfort

Found in psychological or medical texts, it's not common in day-to-day language.

Academic Context

 And dysphoria refers to a feeling of agitation or unease. And according to these new DSM guidelines, in most menstrual cycles in the last year, at least five of 11 possible symptoms must appear in the week before menstruation starts;