dysphoria
Pervasive inner distress
Dysphoria is a state of profound unease, dissatisfaction, or discomfort with one's situation or self.
The opposite of euphoria, it describes emotional distress that goes beyond ordinary unhappiness.
In clinical contexts, gender dysphoria refers to distress arising from incongruence between one's gender identity and assigned sex.
The medication's side effects included anxiety and dysphoria.
Mild persistent worry
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- malaiseDiffuse, sourceless discomfort
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
- discontentUnhappiness with circumstances
unhappiness · distress · agitation · restlessness · disquiet · anguish · misery · suffering
Gender differs from assignment
- transitionChange from one state
- identityWho someone is
- incongruenceLack of agreement
- bodyPhysical structure, living thing
hormones · presentation · expression · recognition · authenticity · alignment · mismatch · dissonance
Mild physical or mental distress
- bodilyOf the physical form
- physicalOf body or matter
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- tensionStretched or strained state
nausea · heaviness · fatigue · lethargy · weakness · unease · agitation · restlessness
State of being isolated
- meaninglessnessLack of significance
- disconnectionState of being severed
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- voidWithout legal effect
purposelessness · estrangement · isolation · absurdity · anomie · disillusionment · weltschmerz · ennui
Absence of organization
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- symptomIndicator of disease
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- conditionState or stipulation
psychiatric · psychological · mental health · therapy · treatment · medication · assessment · DSM
unease
Mild persistent worry
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- malaiseDiffuse, sourceless discomfort
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
discontent · unhappiness · distress · agitation · restlessness · disquiet · anguish · misery · suffering · torment
transgender
Gender differs from assignment
- transitionChange from one state
- identityWho someone is
- incongruenceLack of agreement
body · hormones · presentation · expression · recognition · authenticity · alignment · mismatch · dissonance · embodiment
discomfort
Mild physical or mental distress
tension · nausea · heaviness · fatigue · lethargy · weakness · unease · agitation · restlessness · jitteriness
alienation
State of being isolated
- meaninglessnessLack of significance
- disconnectionState of being severed
- emptinessAbsence of substance
void · purposelessness · estrangement · isolation · absurdity · anomie · disillusionment · weltschmerz · ennui · futility
disorder
Absence of organization
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- symptomIndicator of disease
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
condition · psychiatric · psychological · mental health · therapy · treatment · medication · assessment · DSM · criteria
- gendergender, male, female, masculine, feminine
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- LGBTQ+gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer
- mental turmoilanguish, distress, turmoil, inner turmoil, mental anguish
- mood symptomssadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, anhedonia, low mood
dysphoriawell-being
State of health, contentment
psychological comfort · mental wellness · equanimity · homeostasis · congruence
dysphoriaeuphoria
Intense emotional high
congruence · harmony · alignment · at-homeness · wholeness
- gender dysphoriaDistress from body-identity mismatch