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[-] 5redie8@sh.itjust.works 49 points 8 months ago

Me, spending 6 months fighting with (and losing to) body dysmorphia but not knowing what it was, since I'm a man and no one told me:

[-] Marebear@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

As a woman it took 15 years before I found out what was wrong, at the time of finally seeing someone about it they said this was an average amount of time it takes to get help.

I hope you’re doing better now.

[-] 5redie8@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

I hope you are too! My "advantage" was dating a trans person at the time, so it was a subject that came up relatively often. Just never considered a cis man having to deal with it.

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