What if I am Not Trans After All?
Why do you fear you're making a mistake by transitioning? Dr. Z explains the two groups of adults and why they fear different things.
Group 1: Conscious dysphoria throughout life. You had onset in early childhood or puberty and it stayed in the forefront of your cognition—you were always aware something was incongruent, even if you couldn't name it. You've spent your entire lifetime doing everything possible to convince yourself you're not trans—going into the military to prove you're a man, overcompensating with your biological sex, trying to make dysphoria go away. Everything failed. You already know you're trans because you've done the social experiment. Your fears aren't "what if I'm not trans"—your fears are losing what you've built, relationships ending, kids not accepting you.
Group 2: Repressed dysphoria until recently. It wasn't in the forefront of your consciousness—you lived life feeling something was off but couldn't put your finger on it. Then something triggered it, the lid blew off, and suddenly everything makes sense. You fear "what if I'm making a mistake" because you haven't spent decades proving to yourself you're trans like Group 1.
Watch to find out why adults age 30+ don't just wake up wanting to be trans (people without dysphoria don't question their gender), why repression creates the fear of making mistakes, and why you need a good gender therapist to help you discern if you're in Group 2.
