Did COVID Cause You Gender Dysphoria & Becoming Trans?

Many of you realized you have gender dysphoria or are/trans during COIVD period. Was it COVID?

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[anansiweb]

I tell people all the time that this is how people in jail/prison come out as trans. It’s the same kind of thing: you are faced with self-reflection. It’s not “getting turned out” or anything like that.

[willharris]

I definitely experienced this. I found it was particularly the end of lockdown and the reintroduction to normal life more than lockdown itself that was the turning point for me. To go from having lots of time to slowly figure myself out comfortably, to go back to harsher "reality" of getting misgendered throughout the day really made me realise the extent of my social dysphoria.

[davidstehlik]

This hits home. I guess, my whole life, i was constantly doing things because that’s how they were supposed to be done. I knew i was different even then, but this theatre was doable only when i had audience. When i got locked up for almost 2 years, things changed and there was no way back - especially because after all the realisations, I didn’t want things to go back to how they were.

[alyssanoel]

My workload actually increased during COVID, so it wasn't until a few major projects calmed down that I realized that I've felt like a machine for a long time. I stumbled upon the trans community on reddit and once I had the idea that "men don't just want to be women" all of a sudden all the thoughts I had brushed off over the years finally had something to stick to and I realized I had been putting this off forever.

[kaiwannagoback]

Glad you posted a video on this. Even though my 'crisis' started before covid hit, the quarantine period gave me the courage to try changing my appearance in a way I wouldn't have felt ready to try otherwise, telling myself I could go back to what would be socially acceptable in time to go out in society. But then it did me so much good, I couldn't go back. The fear/doubt in the back of my head was still wondering if Covid had something to do with it, but I at least had the knowledge that the crisis predated Covid, so I couldn't tell myself it was all an illusion.

[rhys-pect_]

I have been wondering about this! Because I am a healthcare worker I was even busier during COVID. For me it was a combination of leaving a religion with a lot of anti-LGBTQ beliefs and going into work wondering wether I was going to get sick and possibly die. I also kept coming across transition videos and Tik Tok and wondering why I felt so jealous. Well….. now I know.

[hsalshammari]

This is exactly what happened to me. One of the blessings of Covid-19 period is that i realized that i have to face myself and my truth

[xandra]

COVID enabled a bittersweet reprieve for me, to the point where I had my first ever panic attack since I was younger. I say bittersweet because it was devastating to watch the world turn upside down on many levels but also to create this safe space that I had been longing for and didn't even realize how bad I had repressed many feelings throughout my life. I am still working through them, and I have gotten past some big ones (acceptance/affirmation) but I can say that feeling stable and grounded in your life one of the single most liberating and empowering feelings there are. In some ways it even feels awkward because I don't feel a void to close anymore, and I almost expected rainbows to shine brighter and that all of the sudden life would just be magically better in every aspect if that makes sense. It turns out that when you condition yourself to accept ignorance and neglect towards your own mental health, you don't realize how beneficial it is to have all of this freedom right away. It's almost like going to see a chiropractor for the first time in years and years of working in hard labor and expecting that first session to be the one and only one you will ever need. The point being is you need to give yourself time (incubation periods as mentioned) in order to absorb true introspection and give yourself the grace and patience to deal with small victories at a time. Dr Z - thank you again for seeing what many of us have experienced these last couple of years <3 I am so happy to know that I am not alone!

[nikolasb]

I've been waiting for this video for 2 years now. I thought it was some weird effect of being in lockdown that a lot of us had too much time to think. Reading through the comments, there are some people that were very busy and still had doubts or realized who they were. I found Dr. Z during Covid and she has revolutionized the way I think about gender. Thank you ❤

[HAMILTONPROVIDEO]

I used to worry about what others would think about me if I revealed my true nature. But since everything around me was being turned upside down, I no longer felt that I needed to conform with the "norm" since "normal" didn't matter anymore. At 75 I've experienced a dramatic positive change in my life and I'm enjoying myself more. I wish I had done this earlier though.

[SoSoKayla]

For me, COVID cracked open a window that I had been looking through for many years already but thought I could never safely unlock. My personal situation wasn't impacted hardly at all during lockdowns and quarantines, I was already an unemployed shut-in with few friends and not very close connections to my family, living on government assistance. I had nothing but time to introspect well before the pandemic hit.

What it did change, however, was that everyone else was suddenly dealing with that fallout. They were distracted, struggling, questioning, in crisis both materially and existentially. The social influence and sense of control I felt they had over me in my life slipped and for the first time I was thinking about my gender identity in terms of "Why not do something about it? What's stopping you? What do you have to lose that you haven't already lost or given up on? Everything we all took for granted seems to be upended with no guarantee of righting itself and thousands of people are dying by the day with no end in sight. It's now or never and never might be sooner than expected."

No one was watching me, judging me, telling me I couldn't or shouldn't take that leap of faith. Their eyes were elsewhere, their minds were on other things. I could take that leap of faith without worrying about anyone or anything but me and how I had the space to finally spread my wings and see what happened.

[gmotz]

100% my experience. COVID gave me the space to explore, to observe and the evaluate. And I spent months with my therapist during this time working it out.

[simplyselena]

Thank you so much for this ! My dysphoria was bad as a kid and teens on a daily basis . I was able to cope with it as an adult like you said work and daily things but also what helped me was back to back dates . Relationship after the next and tried to be appearance wise and personality wise what they wanted thinking it would bring me happiness and as soon as I was by myself at at the store or wherever i would see a pretty woman it would hit me with such sadness I didn’t look like her. I wanted the whole opposite and for sure during quarantine I told my self what it is that I want and what can I do about it and that’s when I decided to start doing the things that made me happy

[amandaguckeen]

Literally me.... hope I can be brave enough to follow through and finally be who I really am

[kodiecummings]

I actually had been questioning my gender for a while unconsciously but didn't really recognize and name that process until I was quarantined after being exposed to a positive COVID case at work. I was supposed to stay home for ten days and I ended up using that time to really feel out and explore how I felt about myself and my gender. I came to realize that a lot of the issues I was having with my body weren't really because I didn't like my body per se, but because I didn't like my body being forced into feminine presentation like it had been all my life.

[jaimegonzalez]

Wow! This video made me feel so heard! I honestly feel like you hit all the points that I was and am continuing to feel! Thank you for your content and for understanding the feelings others and I go through!

[eloisekills]

This is so touching, actually COVID therapy made me realized a lot about my gender dysphoria and how repressed it was within myself. It was the hardest moment I think in my life and now is so crazy and incredible that I’m even on HRT, and living freely. It’s always a fight with yourself until you marry with that wound, and take care of it. ❤️‍🔥 you and your videos made me educate myself, so thanks 💘

[isaacbarlow]

Bingo!!! That’s when I started to listen to myself, it was the thought of a friend to who I came out. I was hiding from my true self when he asked me a question, “If you were to die, would you have lived your best life?” I was scared of dying without ever being happy, I was afraid of getting Covid and dying and it was that moment when I decided to stop repressing myself, and with that same thought, I came to realize that all of my problems from repressing my true feelings were the reason that I was in exile for 10 years and all of my problems were because I tried to out-think and lie to myself about who true self. I came out and confronted myself I can’t look back.

[kyleshoemaker]

This one really resonated with me! As do a lot of your videos. But especially this one. I knew at the beginning of the pandemic that this was going to be the perfect opportunity to finally get to the bottom of what was wrong with me. At the time I was 5 years sober from alcohol and just always had this nagging feeling deep within that something had gone unresolved. Sure my life was exponentially better since being sober but I was still living my life on autopilot. Unable to figure out how everyone around me were living joyful and fulfilling lives while I still felt left behind. In the summer of 2020 I finally came to the realization that I was transgender. It was terrifying. I barely slept for three months afterwards. These past two years have been a cycle of denial and acceptance. Aggressively doing research. Experimenting with shaving and waxing my body. Buying women’s clothing. Growing my hair out. And then stuffing everything into a box and telling myself I was crazy and that I just need to forget about this. Except it never goes away. Each time it comes back stronger and heavier. To the point now in these past few months I’ve been experiencing chest pains and severe anxiety attacks. I know now that I have to seek out help and that my life is never going to be the same. Thank you so much for these videos Dr. Z! There are times when I just sit and sob after watching some of these because they really hit home and I can’t deny that my life just makes so much more sense now. I always feel better after watching these videos. Thanks again for everything you do Dr. Z!

[gmoala]

Thank you so much for this! I was reborn through COVID and the introspection piece TOTALLY makes sense! I started feeling dysphoria before the pandemic but my realization to who I am came during. I love you for your work thank you thank you thank you!