A Few Alleviations For Dysphoria

So sometimes I get dysphoric. No shit, I talk about it enough here and on my YouTube channel right?

But really, there are just some times when I can’t shake the transgender dysphoria blues. I thought I’d share some of the things I do to make myself feel better about my gender shit.

  1. Reading this list on Autostraddle
  2. Watching Avatar the Last Airbender
  3. Watching Adventure Time
  4. Making online avatars of myself
  5. Making a character in an RPG and making him act like a jerk
  6. Playing a video game I’ve played a million times and am really good at. I like to use this website android4fun.net to find many more.
  7. Playing a visual novel as a male character
  8. Drinking a lot of coffee (like, maybe too much)
  9. Writing
  10. More writing
  11. Talking/complaining/crying to a friend
  12. Lifting weights to aggressive metal and watching kung fu movies
  13. Playing guitar
  14. Riding a train with my music turned all the way up
  15. Making myself something nice for dinner
  16. Taking myself out to dinner
  17. Dressing up really dapper
  18. Taking myself out on a date and knowing I’ll make it to third base
  19. Being around people who will always get the pronouns right
  20. Delving myself headfirst into a novel and don’t really stop until I finish
  21. Lying on my floor and listen to music
  22. Eating something really spicy
  23. Pretending I’m crying because I’m eating something really spicy
  24. Looking at pictures of cats
  25. Photoshopping my head on male bodies
  26. Singing*

What do you do when you’re feeling dysphoric?

*Sometimes this has the opposite effect but, eh, what can you do?