How do you combat dysphoria in order to be yourself? I find myself struggling to dress the way I want to, love the way I want to, and even try makeup because I constantly get a sudden overflow of dysphoria. I can do things for an hour at most until I feel completely shattered. I struggle to combat internalised transphobia too.
Idk, I just feel so stuck and alone in this battle to liberate myself sometimes. I know I have so much potential but my dysphoria shuts me down completely.
There’s also some dysmorphia that may be at play. Not being able to really know what I look like fucks with me to an immense level.
As far as the dysmorphia, does that extend to photographs? I used to struggle with an eating disorder (I still sort of do, but I generally have a handle on it now), and I found that seeing a still photo of myself made it a little easier to be critical of my actual appearance and not what I perceived my appearance to be
Yeah, it’s really hard to get comfortable with my face because I have no idea what it looks like. Like I can look in the mirror and see an inverted image of me, then I look completely wayyyyy different in the back camera which is supposed to be how others see you, and then you have to consider lens sizes, lighting, resolution, etc. It’s all so very confusing.
Also, stay strong honey, as the days go by progress occurs whether we’re conscious of it or not❤🫂
On the subject of lighting: remember that natural lights are infinitely more flattering than whatever the hell we have going on in our homes. Everyone looks pretty in the sunshine, and the moon is pretty much the hot-maker.