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100% agreed.
“Helping induce dysphoria” is not a good kind of help.
I do this for like 2 months once or twice a year until it goes away
Dysphoria is usually cyclic, mine comes back once or twice a year and goes away after 2-4 weeks on its own, without me doing anything. My therapist, who has treated literally hundreds of trans patients, says this is an extremely common pattern. Systematically focussing in on your dysphoria probably does not help it to remit at all, but actively worsens it.
Note: this is after medically transitioning, ofc somebody with pronounced pre transition dysphoria needs actual gender affirming care, not to sit things out
I just wish it would be more consistent so i'd know if I actually needed to do any transitioning
if you're feeling dysphoric it's at least worth a shot, the difference to where i was 4 years ago is night and day