I think of dysphoria as both a) a source of stress, and b) a stress multiplier. So if I'm not stressing out about much else, dysphoria is the main source of my baseline stress, and that might not be that bad. But if other aspects of life are stressing me out, it gets really bad. (r/asktransgender)

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I think of dysphoria as both a) a source of stress, and b) a stress multiplier. So if I'm not stressing out about much else, dysphoria is the main source of my baseline stress, and that might not be that bad. But if other aspects of life are stressing me out, it gets really bad.