Questioning My Gender Identity: Is There a Cure for Gender Dysphoria?

I don't have a lot of help for the question but it's comforting to see someone feeling this too. I'm 5 years into my transition and I know it was the right choice for me, but I also know it would've been so much easier to not have to transition. I wish I was cis a lot of the time, whether that's having been actually female or having been born male in the first place. I think part of it is that I'm really scared I'm going to be alone for the rest of my life because of this, and was that worth it

But also, since it is considered a spectrum, you could also just be a masculine, nonbinary person or genderfluid person. I try not to focus on labels too much when it comes to something so personal, its about doing the next right thing for you. Whatever makes you happy or more comfortable in this world. Dressing in male clothes and going by a gender neutral name is sometimes enough, and theres nothing wrong win that. But keep on your journey, brother! Keep asking questions and never stop searching for whats right for you

I really love these questions you’re asking. I’ve been asking myself a lot of questions that challenge how things are categorized and dealt with in the medicinal community, and society as a whole, and its cool to see someone ask something from pure curiosity and the desire to understand, not just a quick solution

Yep! I looked into this same thing myself, seeing if there was a way to get my brain balanced with my body instead of the other way around. I don't think looking for this option should be frowned on like it is. But another important thing to note, is that with each stage of transition, you can feel it out and feel when you think it's ok to stop. Personally, I'm transitioning to the point of feeling comfortable ENOUGH to handle it, since bottom surgery is so dangerous for trans guys still, I just don't feel comfortable getting it even though I might want it. Some people don't feel the need to medically transition and to only transition socially, while others feel the need to go as far as facial reconstruction surgery. It's all personalized to you, it's not always all or nothing. But sadly it is indeed more like autism in the fact that we can't change it through neuro signals. The best way I can think of to treat it without transitioning would be to go to a gender therapist in your area (check revues, a lot of them just go "yep! You should transition!" And harp on that, So just be wary of that)

Transitioning has a 95% success rate which is why it's the only thing really being recommended, it's even more likely that you have a successful transition if you get a qualified gender therapist to help you. Also it is more like Autism, gender is formed in our brain en utero and then as we, as trans people whose brains developed differently than our sex, develop our understanding of gender we become more likely to develop gender dysphoria. There is no [current] way to change the structure of the brain and it's hard to say that there ever will be, especially not in a way that side effects and risks aren't significantly higher and less controllable than a personalized transition plan.