Exploring Your Gender Identity: 3 Key Mistakes to Avoid | Expert Advice!

Dr. Z shares the top three mistakes you can potentially make when starting on your gender path. These mistakes are critically important to address regardless of where you currently are in your journey, and analyzing them remains valuable even if you're further along—you can still go back and implement corrections.

These three mistakes emerge from working with numerous individuals who attempted solo navigation or worked with therapists claiming gender expertise but lacking significant experience. The mistakes leave people feeling they haven't progressed far, encountering roadblocks and challenges, and experiencing increased confusion.

The three mistakes include: not understanding what the root issue is underneath your gender dysphoria (gender identity represents the root cause for many but not everyone—cisgender people, sexual abuse survivors, and those with body dysmorphia can all experience gender dysphoria from different root causes); not grasping what gender dysphoria means specifically to you (everyone experiences this distress differently based on personality type, environment, coping styles, and individual circumstances); and not having clear goals or plans (without understanding root cause and personal presentation, determining direction becomes impossible).

Watch to learn how avoiding these three mistakes creates clarity, confidence, and more effective navigation of your gender path.