Gender Dysphoria - How It Started

"Gender Dysphoria"!

That was my child's conversation starter one day, alongside with, "We need to talk".

It was not really a bomb to me, an immigrant with English as a second language. 

Just like every time I cannot understand the vocabulary my children use, and just like the million times we discuss intellectual matters or scientific terms, I asked, "What is a dysphoria?"

To me my child replied, "It is a disorder, a fear of something".

Still clueless, I pondered, "So, gender dysphoria means the fear of (the other) gender?"

A short moment of silence, and then, "No, it is when someone has a fear of their own gender."

Very confused, and curious, I genuinely continued, "What are the symptoms?"

"A lot, but to name a few, anxiety, stress, depression, eating disorder, lack of energy..."

I quietly murmured, "Do you have those symptoms?"

"Yes, all of them..."

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