[GoneGirl]

I thought it might be good to try to define what 'gender dysphoria' is, or, at least, characterize the feelings and behaviors that often accompany gender dysphoria. Here's a link that provides a pretty good description of the condition:

http://freethoughtblogs.com/zinniajones/2013/09/that-was-dysphoria-8-signs-and-symptoms-of-indirect-gender-dysphoria/

Like Lisa Lou, not everyone that is gender-variant is dysphoric. Even I prefer to call my condition 'gender dissonance'. A kind of low level anxiety that is due to my not being able to express my female gender adequately. Dr. Anne Vitale calls it Gender Expression Deprivation Anxiety Disorder (GEDAD). Sometimes the anxiety is very hard to spot because it very low level and gets lost in the other day-to-day anxieties of just living.

I hope this helps frame the problem better.

Clara Kay