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Those with early onset GID:
Did you ever experience an uncomfortable feeling of dissonance as a child? (3-12y)
It's not an emotion I've ever read about. It's a sudden wave of discomfort like something is wrong
When it occurs I'm suddenly thrust into 3rd person view
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The phrase "I'm weird I'm weird I'm weird..." just keeps looping in my head over and over again
I'll repeatedly snap back and forth between my body and 3rd person view.
Each bounce happens every couple of seconds, and the total episode can last from 30 seconds to 10 mins
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It's usually triggered when I'm in a circumstance where I was viewed as unmistakably a boy
- At my uncles wedding where I was a page boy
- When I had to wear a suit
- Being segregated by sex and being surrounded by boys/men
- Having to use the urinal next to people I know
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It felt weird, jarring, uncomfortable, otherworldly, unnatural, wrong.
Almost like I had entered an eerie abandoned mansion at night.
It happened very frequently when I was young (3y-6y old). Mostly went away by 12y, disappeared after transitioning at 14y
Anyone else?
just wondering if you've ever come across this in your research