DYSPHORIA

Gender dysphoria is a state of severe distress or unhappiness caused by feeling that one's gender identity does not match one's sex as registered at birth. Gender dysphoria has been obstructing my life in more ways than I ever thought it could. To somehow process some of these feelings I decided to tell this story through art. It’s my story and extremely personal but it’s not a unique one. In this project I show my daily dysphoria. I fight myself to get out of bed, put on clothes, feel the pain, move through it, finally be able to go outside just for the whole loop to start again. It is a desperate cycle I am stuck in and I hope these photos show some of the desperation I feel. However I also want to give a slight highlight to this story. Because besides showing my pain, I hope this project also shows the power of trans people. We fight so hard every day just to exist in a society that was never made to accept us. Trans people are strong.

I am strong.