dysphoria

noun dys·pho·ria \ dis-ˈfȯr-ē-ə \

|Updated on: 13 Jul 2018

Definition of dysphoria

: a state of feeling very unhappy, uneasy, or dissatisfied — see gender dysphoria

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dysphoric

play \-ˈfȯr-ik, -ˈfär-\ adjective

Recent Examples of dysphoria from the Web

Some days Tanner likes the idea, and other days not — depending on his body dysphoria.

— New York Times, "A Family in Transition," 16 June 2018
That turned out disastrously because, on some level, his deeper identity remained, causing suicidal dysphoria.

— The Atlantic, "Westworld: Is This Now?," 24 June 2018
Not every trans person experiences dysphoria, but many do need medical interventions to start feeling comfortable in their bodies.

— refinery29.com, "The World Health Organization Just Made A Huge Change For Transgender People," 19 June 2018
Early in my transition, I was ostracized for being visibly transgender, which heightened the dysphoria surrounding my body.

— laura bullard, Marie Claire, "Battling My Body: Being Queer with an Eating Disorder," 1 Mar. 2018
The next challenge will be to mitigate the kappa system’s own adverse side effects, which can include hallucination and dysphoria, or uneasiness.

— jonathon keats, Discover Magazine, "Building a Better Painkiller," 11 May 2018
Particularly in the trans and nonbinary communities, dysphoria can precipitate disordered eating patterns.

— laura bullard, Marie Claire, "Battling My Body: Being Queer with an Eating Disorder," 1 Mar. 2018
In Deschamps-Braly’s experience, patients who underwent facial feminization often felt an almost immediate relief from dysphoria.

— jane mayer, The New Yorker, "The Story of a Trans Woman’s Face," 12 Mar. 2018
Tania Bruguera, Hope Ginsburg, Titus Kaphar, Lee Mingwei, Amalia Pica and Betty Tompkins, among others, deal head on with issues of race, gender, the environment, social dysphoria and the possibility for repair.

— hilarie m. sheets, New York Times, "New Contemporary Art Institute Reverberates in Richmond’s Historic Landscape," 9 Mar. 2018

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